AngryFoamer Wrote:
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> Great photos Drew! Looks like #1101 has a new
> horn?
>
> Just a couple of questions for y'all in the area.
> I know that they are starting up the Holiday Train
> but what about the freight business? I know they
> are serving a few agricultural warehouses in
> Watsonville, but what about customers north of
> Watsonville (ProBuild, Granite Rock, Cemex)? Are
> they interested in shipping rail again??
>
> Is MH 89 undergoing new paint job soon? Where are
> they storing the Holiday Consist?


AF,

The freight business is their bread and butter and I am looking forward to the biofuel plant beginning operation in late January to early February. It is unlikely Cemex will reopen the plant and I seriously doubt they will sell the plant to a competitor. Resumption of rail service for the Granite Rock sand plant is an unknown at this time. I know for a fact that ProBuild wants to resume rail shipments, but that can’t happen until the bridges are repaired which could take 6 months to one year to complete.

Regarding MH 89, every attempt was made to have it painted along with SC 1101 and SC 1102, but time and other circumstances did not permit the repainting to happen before the paint crew from Alamosa had to leave..

Howard