A guy named Stephen wants to know this?
Posted: Tue May 10, 2022 10:45 am
I can't seem to post a new subject, only replies- so someone can feel free to copy and paste this into a new thread please:
In Traverse City on the Williamsburg branch, their was a rumor a couple years ago about turning the old Traverse City Gray Iron spur (near the airport, last use for MOW equipment staging last summer) into a transload facility. Well, I'm wondering if that has happened and we may be soon seeing new traffic. Went by there the last few days, and tractor/trailers have been streaming in unloading some steel contraptions about the size of a Prius- lots of these things in rows next to the spur. There's nothing else around there to support any other reason these have been staged here. And there's a tractor with super Ling forks parked next to the spur. So. Maybe watch for empty flat cars headed north?
Also, does GLC marketing view this page? If so- I'm told that Go Go Squeeze is now having apples shipped from Washington in ARMN reporting mark (I think) reefers to a transload warehouse on a very short shortline railroad downstate. Hanson Logistics?? Seems GLC could reroute those directly to Go Go Squeeze in Grawn on their sidings? Would it really be cheaper to send to this downstate warehouse and transload, truck up to Grawn??
Finally- Tom Campbell- I share your feelings on the passenger train that's only feeing pocketbooks of consultants. Totally doesn't make financial sense. But, when you comment often about GLC coming up with one lumber car ("tax dollars at work", etc, do you realize that they also pull loads from Beacon? That one observation you made with that comment after someone was nice enough to note the train NB through Kingsley (Mike Vandermey), had one load, but then left TC with 4 revenue loads from Beacon. And last week brought 3 loads and one empty up, and grabbed 4 loads from Beacon.
So if someone could repost this as a new threat? Thanks!
In Traverse City on the Williamsburg branch, their was a rumor a couple years ago about turning the old Traverse City Gray Iron spur (near the airport, last use for MOW equipment staging last summer) into a transload facility. Well, I'm wondering if that has happened and we may be soon seeing new traffic. Went by there the last few days, and tractor/trailers have been streaming in unloading some steel contraptions about the size of a Prius- lots of these things in rows next to the spur. There's nothing else around there to support any other reason these have been staged here. And there's a tractor with super Ling forks parked next to the spur. So. Maybe watch for empty flat cars headed north?
Also, does GLC marketing view this page? If so- I'm told that Go Go Squeeze is now having apples shipped from Washington in ARMN reporting mark (I think) reefers to a transload warehouse on a very short shortline railroad downstate. Hanson Logistics?? Seems GLC could reroute those directly to Go Go Squeeze in Grawn on their sidings? Would it really be cheaper to send to this downstate warehouse and transload, truck up to Grawn??
Finally- Tom Campbell- I share your feelings on the passenger train that's only feeing pocketbooks of consultants. Totally doesn't make financial sense. But, when you comment often about GLC coming up with one lumber car ("tax dollars at work", etc, do you realize that they also pull loads from Beacon? That one observation you made with that comment after someone was nice enough to note the train NB through Kingsley (Mike Vandermey), had one load, but then left TC with 4 revenue loads from Beacon. And last week brought 3 loads and one empty up, and grabbed 4 loads from Beacon.
So if someone could repost this as a new threat? Thanks!
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