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Is the Erie east of Bingo next? Re: (erielack) NS Buffalo Line Changes
On 7/10/02 2:05 PM, "Blue Moon Network Administrator"
<root_@_net.bluemoon.net> wrote:
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> While bad for the PRR line this will have a good impact on the Southern Tier
> Line.
>
I suspect there is also going to be negative impact at Allentown. I would
not be surprised if Allentown is closed within 2 years as a classification
yard.
Norfolk Southern is a north-south company, so getting the line to
Mickeyville under the horsey flag is a good thing, even if it is only
trackage rights. Wanna bet the horse is in Montreal by next year?
So, if Keating Summit was too much of a headache and dollar drain, you gotta
think Gulf Summit is next, no?
Is this the death knell for the Southern Tier east of Bingo? It's a big, bad
railroad in the middle of nowhere. With the passenger plan seemingly killed
by common sense and the NS now owning or having trackage rights to the NJ
ports via Allentown, there's not much reason to keep Gulf Summit in
operation as a NS route.
Add in the Cut-Off revival, the intermodal terminals at Taylor and
Bethlehem, and the fact that the entire route is cleared for stacks, and I
think you have a pretty good argument for routing all traffic that might go
via Bingo down through Allentown. Not as much NJT interference, either.
Rob
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