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But we’ve been hearing for years, big things in the works….

Listening to the CP presentation, they did admit looking at VT options, one of the reasons being weight limits on some routes, inefficiency on others, so they are or we’re looking. I can tell you first hand that it will take a lot less $ to get the pompy up to 286 then you would think. LOTS of maint...

I’m curious how much traffic from Maine CP hauls down the D&H? Would CSX be able to siphon some off the D&H as well with this acquisition And route it through Maine instead? Makes me wonder how viable the D&H will be after? CP‘s original route into New England was a Newport Vt -Gateway, ...

The more I think about it, the more I wonder why VRS would agree to these conditions, with CP up north very little traffic if any is being interchanged through White River Junction to Bellows Falls any more, VRS has a bigger fish to fry than what little traffic is being handled on the WACR, and as f...

VRS does not have the ability to run it, although it would make the most sense if they could. They are more concerned with government handouts then actually railroading… with that being said they do provide decent service for their customers, probably because if they didn’t, the state would give the...

Recent conversations with top railroad officials indicate that CP plans to abandon or try to abandon Richford to Cowansville with VRS serving Newport and Richford from south. Sad to hear but predictable. We’ll see…

It’s basically the unwanted stepchild.

Not sure, but you are correct on zero interest. Too bad they took over the CMQ.

Not much, line didn’t have much to begin with but lost nearly everything, they run mwf on duty at 0700 out of Newport for practically only Poulin grain traffic. 4-5 cars and maybe a straggler for the wacr. Wacr had been running every other day directions for local traffic od one day at NP, next day ...

CN9634 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:03 pm My understanding is it's more of a CP push than a VRS want, who knows if it'll actually go anywhere. Just reporting what I was told, we'll see what really pans out anyways.

I'm following this thread and the two threads in the Pan Am forum with great amazement on the transformation of railroading in a great part of northern New England. Who ever thought that scenarios would start to play out like this. I can remember just after Lac Megantic that many said that the Moos...

Vermont update: Confirmed from Creel himself, Zero interest in Newport sub, will be unloaded one way or another shortly, all southern new england buisness to be routed via Whitehall Ny.

Typo, Job 1 and 2 will be running 6-7 days a week soon, they need more crews in Brownville. No plans for Vermont operations just run as is...

Two problems with that scenario that I see, Vrs wont sell and the amount of capitol needed to upgrade 160 miles of old worn out stick rail between Brookport and WRJ would be astronomically out of balance with revenue and thier own parallel line which is in much better shape a mere 80 miles away (D&a...