Re: Lumber on the NWP?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 09-05-2019 - 16:52
ron Wrote:
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> Railbaron Wrote:
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> > It might be as simple as there may not be any
> > lumber yards around the area that still have
> rail
> > spurs to receive inbound cars.
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> That's true and part of the problem. Schellville
> has one inbound lumber customer with a spur that
> might get 8 or 10 loads a year. Just the kind of
> business UP would like to be rid of for good with
> their PSR business model. It takes more than a
> leased track to set up a reload. You need room for
> forklifts, a road wide enough for big rigs to
> enter turn around and exit and land to store
> lumber on after its unloaded. GGRM's track in
> Pruitt properties in Windsor probably won't work.
Don't be bashful, Ron. Tell us what you really think!