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A guy named Stephen wants to know this?
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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I doubt TCGI will ship by rail. Perhaps the rumor you heard was EJIW getting ore pellets. For now just a rumor.
I thought the same thing about the apple business but WMI offers a return load which GLC doesn’t so I doubt it’ll move from WMI.
I thought the same thing about the apple business but WMI offers a return load which GLC doesn’t so I doubt it’ll move from WMI.
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I wonder how much longer it would take to ship the apples to TC? 1-2 days longer? It would be cool to see, but I also doubt it'll move.
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Probably a week because CSX doesn’t switch AnnPere daily. They get there once or twice a week.
And although GLC moves their cars quickly they too only go to TC once or twice a week.
And although GLC moves their cars quickly they too only go to TC once or twice a week.
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I don't see it being out of the possibility, the only issue would be trying to convince GLC to haul heavy loads, from what I understand, they're very short on power.
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IMO they will transload the ore in Cadillac at the former coke transload
David Collins wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:16 pmI don't see it being out of the possibility, the only issue would be trying to convince GLC to haul heavy loads, from what I understand, they're very short on power.
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Do they have any 6 axle power or is it all Geeps?David Collins wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:16 pmI don't see it being out of the possibility, the only issue would be trying to convince GLC to haul heavy loads, from what I understand, they're very short on power.
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1 25 TonnerChip wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 1:19 pmDo they have any 6 axle power or is it all Geeps?David Collins wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 12:16 pmI don't see it being out of the possibility, the only issue would be trying to convince GLC to haul heavy loads, from what I understand, they're very short on power.
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I honestly didn't know they had anything other than Geeps. That's all I ever saw when I lived on the CMU campus
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They just picked up the SD40-2's and SD35's within the last 4 years. The SD40-2's arrived in 2018 and the SD35's in 2020.
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What are the issues with the SD's that are out of service??
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A guy named Stephen wants to know what?
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The GLC Wiki will answer your questions :joeyuboats wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 4:21 pmWhat are the issues with the SD's that are out of service??
https://railroadfan.com/wiki/index.php/ ... es_Central
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This, not that.
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