We all know it’s Seth, Troll of many names has it out for me for reporting him. Clueless and sad....... Reported again!


Graham Buxton Wrote:
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> OK, this is a small issue in the greater scale of
> USA railroading. ;>)
>
> Potlatch ID is the site of an old Potlatch Company
> lumber mill. The town itself is named after the
> Potlatch Company. The mill has been gone for
> decades (although Lewiston ID, not that far from
> Potlatch ID, still has a giant mill).
>
> There is a still a railroad through Potlatch ID,
> at one time a Milwaukee RR branch, but now served
> by shortline W&I RR, connecting with the rest of
> the world at Marshall WA. Not really that much
> rail traffic in Potlatch ID, but they are plugging
> along still.
>
> Potlatch ID is now somewhat of a bedroom community
> for larger towns, such as Moscow ID, but
> realistically Potlatch is not a dynamic, bustling
> town, and hasn't been for decades.
>
> So. it was a bit surprising to see that Potlatch
> ID has a brand new manufacturer, and that they are
> shipping by rail ...
>
> Pellets with potential: Potlatch company has
> persevered to turn timber waste into a fuel source
> for sale in South Korean markets
>
> POTLATCH – A pile of seemingly neglected sawdust
> sitting outside a north central Idaho sawmill gave
> birth to Ben Anderberg’s latest big idea.
>
> Stored outside, the sawdust didn’t appear to have
> much value to the mill. That made Anderberg think
> it could be an inexpensive raw material for
> another product. Four years later, he believes
> he’s still right.
>
> He is a founder of Northwest Biomass, a company
> that began making wood pellets six months ago.
>
> Anderberg’s eight-employee operation is taking
> Potlatch back to its roots in a small, but
> important, way.
>
> It is the first time any manufacturing has been
> done in the former company town since the Potlatch
> sawmill closed in 1981, said Mayor David Brown.
>
> [www.spokesman.com]
> ts-with-potential-potlatch-company-has-persev/
>
>
> Here is the most interesting part:
> New issues continue to surface. The rail line that
> takes the pellets to Longview, Wash., where
> they’re transferred to oceangoing ships is 400
> feet from the plant. In the absence of a rail
> spur, Anderberg hauls each 1-ton bag to rail cars
> with forklifts.
>
> “That’s a real fiasco for us right now,” he said.
>
> Still Anderberg thinks the company is heading in
> the right direction. The first shipments to South
> Korea were accepted, and South Korean investors
> have visited the site and are considering helping
> with an expansion.
>
> [www.spokesman.com]
> ts-with-potential-potlatch-company-has-persev/
>