Is the Finger Lakes Ry. interchanging with NYSW at Syracuse?

I read on another board that the FGLK is now interchanging with NYS&W at Syracuse. Can anyone confirm?

I wouls say that it is legit. See the beginning of the STB notice below:

Full post can be found at Les Wilson's Rochester Railfan Yahoo Group

Message: 1
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:58:57 -0800
From: "Paul S. Highland" <paul-kim@t...>
Subject: Fwd: STB 'Rights of Passage' dept. - Finger Lakes Rwy on CSXT in NY
(cont'd)

Full Text of Decision

35550

SERVICE DATE - FEBRUARY 8, 2005

DO

FR-4915-01-P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34644]

Finger Lakes Railway Corporation -Trackage Rights Exemption- CSX
Transportation, Inc.


CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed to grant overhead trackage rights
to Finger Lakes Railway
Corporation (FGLK) over CSXT's: (1) CSXT/NYSW Interchange Track between the
CSXT/New York,
Susquehanna and Western Railway Corporation property line and the Geddes
Lead Track; (2) Geddes Lead
Track for its entire length to the Auburn Secondary; (3) Auburn Secondary
Track between its
connection to the Geddes Lead Track and its connection to the CSXT/FGLK
Interchange Track; and (4)
CSXT/FGLK Interchange Track between the CSXT/FGLK property line and the
connection to the Auburn
Secondary Track, a total distance of approximately 1.5 miles. The railroad
line trackage is located
in the State of New York.

Who will this be better for FGLK or NYSW??

I realize that both CSX and NS have ownership at this point in NYSW, but will it create a shorter route for some FGLK traffic that currently most go to Lyons NY w/CSX or inbound from Corning & NS?

Brooks

Interesting possibilities. This could be a shorter expedited route for traffic currently brought to Geneva by the NS off the Southern tier. Most traffic from CSX at Lyons, originates from points west and delivered by Q624 from Buffalo. FLGK has had an interchange with CSX at Solvay, and this could also be NYSW traffic for the FLGK instead of going to Dewitt Yard 1st to CSX, can now be directly received from the NYSW. This may also be in perperation for expected traffic of the Ethanol plant being built in Seneca Falls this year. CSX seems to be slowly reducing local switcher work focusing on more mainline trains.

roadster wrote:Interesting possibilities. This could be a shorter expedited route for traffic currently brought to Geneva by the NS off the Southern tier. Most traffic from CSX at Lyons, originates from points west and delivered by Q624 from Buffalo. FLGK has had an interchange with CSX at Solvay, and this could also be NYSW traffic for the FLGK instead of going to Dewitt Yard 1st to CSX, can now be directly received from the NYSW. This may also be in perperation for expected traffic of the Ethanol plant being built in Seneca Falls this year. CSX seems to be slowly reducing local switcher work focusing on more mainline trains.

Reducing local trains seems to be the motivating factor. Can't think of what traffic moves between the NYSW and the FGLK though.

The ethanol plant theory is interesting, especially since NS and Motiva Enterprises have just announced an expansion of an ethanol distribution faciity at port of New Jersey. So perhaps the ethanol facility will receive 41M bushels of corn from Perdue Farms (see attached link) and then ship ethanol to port of NJ all via a FGLK+NYS&W routing?

http://www.valleynewsonline.com/news/20 ... e/022.html