Maybe they are loaning a truck to the current NHCR operation in the meantime. IIRC, the highrail they had was late 90's or early 2000's and may have finally died. I think they did the same thing during the NEGS transaction, but I could be wrong. Statistics: Posted by CPF66 — Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:07 pm ..read more

This material is not rail related, but it is indeed timely and interesting, and I hope it will be allowed to stand: https://youtu.be/Wzzt8CD3jvw?si=eic6u3TjMK4hTKro Of course, any materials needed to build the new bridge will be handled by rail, so Chessie and Topper can look forward to that windfall to offset their losses from the Port's closure. Finally, again as I have noted around here, I am Gephyrophobic. As a result, with any bridge the sooner I'm over it, the happier I am. I was really tense last June when I was stuck in a traffic jam on the George Washington (GWB to New York traffic ..read more

Sydney NS and near port hawksbury NS have sites that have been promoting container port development in recent years Sydney isn't even relevant at this point. If there were to be a second port, it would be in the Port Hawkesbury area. The government ended the subsidies to keep the track in place east of Port Hawkesbury about a month ago, considering G&W/CN haven't shown any interest in it. AFAIK, the Sydney container port has been "in the works" for at least 3 decades now, and I want to say it was one of the Cape Brenton Development Corporation's big ideas, to replace the coal/steel industr ..read more

I am not sure why anyone should be acting shocked by that revelation... Especially when the company has never operated a railroad, and made the original press release without even talking to FGLK. Statistics: Posted by CPF66 — Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:02 pm ..read more

An experienced engineer can do this on foot pretty quickly, ties that are split through, plate cut, loose spikes( give it a kick) all get marked with the paint wand. It goes quickly if you have two people one moving a vehicle ahead, preferably a high rail truck loaded with boxes of upside down spray paint. Statistics: Posted by neman2 — Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:36 pm ..read more

Please fact check before you post something like this. Yes, we have been tied closely to Conway Scenic since their inception. A lot of the employees up there are also club members. That said, work done on our equipment is done by our volunteer club members. Anything done for the railroad is done as railroad employees and requires them to clock in and out. There are, amongst other things, liability, workman's comp and laws in the State of New Hampshire that would never allow volunteers to work for them. Also, as an aside, we have leases in place for every piece of equipment up there, there is n ..read more

No 120 yesterday, or 121 this morning, so it was nice to see a change of pace on the next train. 120 was into Greenville Jct. at 11:52 with 8741/7022/NS 4297, 63 mixed freight (16 loaded autoracks), 2 empty wells, 57 wells/103 containers. An old Grand Trunk rack, former Berlin Mills box BKTY 153461 (BMS 467), and a Transportación Ferroviaria Mexicana gon rounded out the nice surprises on this train. Screenshot_20240428_115327_YouTube.jpg Screenshot_20240428_115755_YouTube.jpg Screenshot_20240428_115719_YouTube.jpg I think those gons (vs. the normal AIM owned ones) go to SJ, it seems like ..read more

Well NBSR 121 never made it over the border last night so there's that reason. The only annulment recently have been by exception-- one day last week they didn't run because they *only* had 40 cars (intermodal didn't make it again). Curious that's starting to sound like an NBSR issue more than a CPKC one? Now that you say that, I recall that 121 lost a unit which was swapped at McAdam. Statistics: Posted by CPF66 — Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:23 pm ..read more

I agree, Mr. QB, that the claimants have no legal basis to impound the cargo along with the "sure bet" impoundment of the vessel. I also must wonder, to what extent could the claimants also come after Moran Towing? But if you are in any profession that tangentially touches the legal environment of commerce, as was I, you know that Judges can think of themselves as God - and some are mighty liberal feeling they have to stick up for the little guy. Statistics: Posted by Gilbert B Norman — Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:01 pm ..read more

Following up on Mr. ExCon's immediate, Associated Press also reports vessels have sailed from the Port using the newly opened 35' channel. One of these is expected to call at Saint John today. That vessel, the m/v Balsa 92, is reported to be drawing 4.3m (15'), which suggests it's hardly fully laden. The other vessel, m/v Carmen, noted in the AP report, also appears to be less than fully laden. Our "coastwatchers", who are active at the CPKC Forum reporting on activity at Saint John, may be able to ascertain what portion of Balsa92's lading was further handled by rail. Statistics: Posted by G ..read more