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I see they still have the coal cars stored on the old NYC branch just outside of Owosso. Any idea when they plan to move them out of storage and wasn't their talk of abandoning this line? Is that business at the end still even open and if so how are they supposed to use rail service if they wanted to with the whole line blocked? lol

Last customer on the line to use rail seervice is a mile north of Oakley. I haven't heard that they were going to abandon the line. Terra in Fergus was open last time I went by but they haven't received rail service since early 1990's.

Are you talking about the GLC's ex NYC branch to Chesaning that 1225 frequents or the HESR's ex NYC branch that last I checked was full of stored cars, Don?

Jon and Don he is talking about the CSCX hoppers south of Owosso there are 104 hoppers out there i believe, they have been there about a year now no idea when they will be pulled though. HESR has filed to abandoned that line because the customer was not shipping enough cars.

Abandonment came thru on that old NYC line south of Owosso. There are currently coal and auto frame flats stored south of town.
With the line abandoned they dont have to service the customer but they dont have to tear up the tracks. I'd assume that with the current economy and car storage rates that the line will survive for a few more years.

DR wrote:Abandonment came thru on that old NYC line south of Owosso. There are currently coal and auto frame flats stored south of town.
With the line abandoned they dont have to service the customer but they dont have to tear up the tracks. I'd assume that with the current economy and car storage rates that the line will survive for a few more years.

Darn, you mean we have to wait a few more years before we can put in a rail trail.
(That should raise some hackles, lol)

Ooops, I was thinking of the line north of Owosso that last time I looked still had hopper cars stored on it