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Re: When Trains Ran Thru Marina, CA--sand plant
Author: Carol L,. Voss
Date: 06-25-2012 - 19:07
Howard Wrote:
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> Drew,
>
> Any chance you have photos of the sand company
> operation located just north of Marina on the
> beach side of Highway 1. I remember seeing many
> hopper cars spotted here in the late 80’s. Do you
> know when they stopped shipping by rail?
>
> [goo.gl]
>
> Thanks,
>
> Howard
That sand company owned by Cemex is still running and the milepost on the timetable is "Lapis". RIght now, the water controversy plaguing the Monterey peninsula ( which is far too complicated to even begin to discuss) is looking to buy 300+ acres from them for their desalination plant efforts. Certainly they havent been shipping by rail since NOv. '99 when UP removed the switch at Castroville so the rail traffic on the branch, excuse me, industrial lead, was effectively cut off. THey may have stopped shipping by rail before that but definitely, NOv. 99 was the end. :-)
C.
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> Drew,
>
> Any chance you have photos of the sand company
> operation located just north of Marina on the
> beach side of Highway 1. I remember seeing many
> hopper cars spotted here in the late 80’s. Do you
> know when they stopped shipping by rail?
>
> [goo.gl]
>
> Thanks,
>
> Howard
That sand company owned by Cemex is still running and the milepost on the timetable is "Lapis". RIght now, the water controversy plaguing the Monterey peninsula ( which is far too complicated to even begin to discuss) is looking to buy 300+ acres from them for their desalination plant efforts. Certainly they havent been shipping by rail since NOv. '99 when UP removed the switch at Castroville so the rail traffic on the branch, excuse me, industrial lead, was effectively cut off. THey may have stopped shipping by rail before that but definitely, NOv. 99 was the end. :-)
C.
