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Re: Eureka-Redding Rail Is A Pipe Dream
Author: Holly Gibson
Date: 09-29-2012 - 14:33
It looks as if UP is seriously considering using the Mexican Port of Guaymas to export Powder River Basin coal to China and other Pacific Rim countries. They recently re-secured the ROW of the former EP&SW route between Benson and Naco, AZ (to serve as another cross-border route to tie in with FerroMex outside Nogales).
Mexico doesn't bog itself down with NIMBY input, Environmental Impact Reports and endless regulations and litigation. While the ports along the U.S. West Coast will still be debating and haggling over where to place a new coal export facility a decade from now, UP will be quietly and efficiently using the Port of Guaymas.
Or, at least, that's MY guess.
Mexico doesn't bog itself down with NIMBY input, Environmental Impact Reports and endless regulations and litigation. While the ports along the U.S. West Coast will still be debating and haggling over where to place a new coal export facility a decade from now, UP will be quietly and efficiently using the Port of Guaymas.
Or, at least, that's MY guess.
