espee2472 Wrote:
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> problem with the wishful thinkng, is
> that there isn't enough freight business in SC to
> support the RR, they can't even get the washout
> repaired, and customers got tired
> of late inbonds, had the cement plant
> not shut down, they might have had a
> chsnce, though doubtful, permanante
> was on the opposite side of the
> mountains, so unless SC starts selling the RR
> connection, the developers will eventually get
> ahold
> of it, and do their thing, unless
> they can float car storage

Yup.

UP tried twice to find established operators to either purchase or lease the line. There were no takers. The county finally stepped in, and neither of the two operators they found could make a go of it - even under the more favorable conditions the county offered than did UP.