Yestertime Wrote:
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> I'm in the area every 2 or 3 months and happened
> to be by yesterday. Their's a loading facility
> across the front of the plant that the last time I
> saw it being used was maybe more than 10 years ago
> and they were filling tankers. Its pretty much
> falling apart the last time I looked closely at it
> a year or two ago. On the East side there's a spur
> going into the plant that might only fit 1 hopper
> at a time and at most theirs room for two. Its a
> little harder to see that part of the plant but I
> dont think its been used for at least a few
> years.
> Why doesn't this plant use rail? it used to a
> lot. Theirs plenty of track that used to see
> hoppers and tankers but dwindled off starting in
> the late 90's

If he plant was served by a shortline it might still use rail. UP can't be bothered with single carloads.PSR dictates how profitable each move makes.Besides old timers tell me how slippery those sugar coated rails got.