Re: Requiem for the Santa Cruz Branch
Author: Howard
Date: 01-06-2012 - 09:35
Shortline Sammie Wrote:
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> From my experience in the business, no amount of
> justification exists for continuing operation of
> this line and once the two-year waiting period
> with no traffic passes for abandonment, expect A&K
> or one of their competitors to make swift work of
> bringing the nimbys trail dreams to reality.
>
> Dick Samuels
> www.oregonpacificrr.com
>
I talked with ProBuild this week and they will continue to receive rail shipments at their Thompson Street yard in Santa Cruz. Americold, two Terminal Freezer locations, Big Creek and Del Mar Foods in Watsonville will continue rail service also.