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Re: Is there any new information about Tennessee Pass reopening?
Author: Espee2472
Date: 05-06-2017 - 09:44
Agent 99 Wrote:
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> BNSF wanting Tennessee Pass has been speculated
> for a long time. It could be a possibility. I
> think UP just sits on it because of a mix of: UP
> not wanting BNSF to get it (although I have
> difficulty figuring out why); UP retaining it as
> possible capacity if the need were ever to arise;
> and fears of being liable for cleanup of possible
> hazardous materials along the route. Who knows
> what some of the fills and embankments have in
> them - to say nothing of the miles and miles of
> slag ballast which some maintain is hazardous
> (I've always felt it was some of the best ballast
> in the world). Ultimately UP doesn't have to tell
> anyone the what or the why. They definitely have
> gone way out of their way to maintain their rights
> to the route and continue to do so. They have
> something up their sleeve - it will be interesting
> to see what that might be.
>
> 99 out
question, doesn't bnsf have traffic
rights on yupee?, as a result of the
yupee/espee merger?
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> BNSF wanting Tennessee Pass has been speculated
> for a long time. It could be a possibility. I
> think UP just sits on it because of a mix of: UP
> not wanting BNSF to get it (although I have
> difficulty figuring out why); UP retaining it as
> possible capacity if the need were ever to arise;
> and fears of being liable for cleanup of possible
> hazardous materials along the route. Who knows
> what some of the fills and embankments have in
> them - to say nothing of the miles and miles of
> slag ballast which some maintain is hazardous
> (I've always felt it was some of the best ballast
> in the world). Ultimately UP doesn't have to tell
> anyone the what or the why. They definitely have
> gone way out of their way to maintain their rights
> to the route and continue to do so. They have
> something up their sleeve - it will be interesting
> to see what that might be.
>
> 99 out
question, doesn't bnsf have traffic
rights on yupee?, as a result of the
yupee/espee merger?
