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Re: The answer
Author: Dave Smith
Date: 05-27-2012 - 12:00
Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> Sorry, I was getting very turned off by the verge
> into gun pornography.
>
> Draw a line due east from each port, and it will
> more or less run thru wilderness. There is no
> productive hinterland to draw traffic from. These
> ports are also distant from established
> transportation corridors. Even though San Diego
> had the SD&AE, the established corridor for
> traffic out of Southern California were the
> mountain passes out the LA basin. The counter
> example might be Prince Rupert, but it has a
> direct connection to the CN mainline. Coos Bay and
> Eureka are ports for just one commodity, and
> that's lumber products. I used to live in Coos
> Bay. It is a very long drive from Eugene, and
> civilization, and the weather is horrible. Its a
> backwater, and despite years of schemes to bring
> industry there, they always seem to come to
> naught. Even the terminal to export wood chips to
> Japan fell through. One more thing to consider
> about San Diego is the US Navy, which I don't
> think has ever been too enthusiastic about more
> commercial port expansion.
>
> Peedex
Draw a line east from Seattle, San Fran, LA et al and you get the same geographical constraints. Yet somehow our railroad forefathers managed to overcome those obsticals. Hmmmmmm........
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> Sorry, I was getting very turned off by the verge
> into gun pornography.
>
> Draw a line due east from each port, and it will
> more or less run thru wilderness. There is no
> productive hinterland to draw traffic from. These
> ports are also distant from established
> transportation corridors. Even though San Diego
> had the SD&AE, the established corridor for
> traffic out of Southern California were the
> mountain passes out the LA basin. The counter
> example might be Prince Rupert, but it has a
> direct connection to the CN mainline. Coos Bay and
> Eureka are ports for just one commodity, and
> that's lumber products. I used to live in Coos
> Bay. It is a very long drive from Eugene, and
> civilization, and the weather is horrible. Its a
> backwater, and despite years of schemes to bring
> industry there, they always seem to come to
> naught. Even the terminal to export wood chips to
> Japan fell through. One more thing to consider
> about San Diego is the US Navy, which I don't
> think has ever been too enthusiastic about more
> commercial port expansion.
>
> Peedex
Draw a line east from Seattle, San Fran, LA et al and you get the same geographical constraints. Yet somehow our railroad forefathers managed to overcome those obsticals. Hmmmmmm........
