"Jordan,
I did think about that but from what I heard they will be hiring their own crew besides construction Herzog, mainly because they wanted to bring in local jobs..?
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So far I have only noticed grain hoppers coming thru Petaluma. Have they halted business to Standard structures in Windsor? The bonded warehouse off of McDowell has a side track as well as Mcphails …Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bob Hayes Dec 11, 2011.
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jordanism22 commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"I don't know about SMART hiring their own employees. Most commuter agencies prefer to contract out operations. Looking at the west coast, we have:
BNSF operating Sounder
Portland and Western operating WES (A good example of a freight shortline…"
"SMART can't run excursion trains, in their enabling legislation it clearly says that NCRA is responsible for excursion trains."
P&SRkid commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"Also JB, SMART is their own operator, will be hiring their own employees, and will be running their own railroad. It is unlike the NWP, who leases the line from the NCRA.
Think of it as two divisions, the NWP handles all freight, and SMART handles…"
P&SRkid commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"The wine industry isn't the only one the NWP is looking at, there's also trash business that was being looked into, a couple small industries, and possibly some lumber up near Willits and in Santa Rosa. Will the NWP ever be the class 1…"
jbriogrande commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?" Thanks jordanism22 for your input. I didn't realize that a reload facility existed in American Canyon. Well, I guess that takes care of any hopes the NWP had of shipping wine. Maybe they can still bring in materials like…"
jordanism22 commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"I would just like to point out that California Northern has a MASSIVE wine reload warehouse in American Canyon. They forward literally thousands of boxcars of wine a year to the UP. And yes, they do ship them by rail bottled. CFNR says they carry…"
jbriogrande commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?" Hey there P&SRkid......now that was an interesting railroad......your handle.....very creative......P&SR. The red flag that I see with wine shipping is just that.....shipping wine by rail. I think that Sebastiani and…"
P&SRkid commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"JB,
I don't think there are any management issues with the NWP at this point, lots with SMART, and certaintly lots for the NWP in 1997, but not today. I'm interested in why you listed possible wine shipments as a management "red…"
jbriogrande commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?" Nice work Chad.....your reports are right on the money. I enjoy reading your posts as they always make good sense. You are a thinker, and a very good writer. It will be very interesting watching the building of SMART. …"
P&SRkid commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"JB,
As a railroad man you should understand customers come and go with little warning. In fact the company my uncle works for tore out their branch and paved over the switch without notifying the railroad a few years ago, even though they were still…"
Richard A Custer commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"don't get me wrong I would like to see the NWP RR reach Willits I'm just showing some of the problems the railroad will face trying to reopen the railroad to Wilits."
Richard A Custer commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"Here some problems the NWP RR faces if it wants to reach Willits first between Cloverdale and Willits you would have to rebuild or repair all the tunnels and south of Squaw Rock tunnel is a bad spot the mountain keeps sliding down into the…"
jbriogrande commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?" I didn't realize there was an increase in grain traffic P&SR kid. Have new mills opened, or are there new feedlots to serve? Maybe the NWP can live off the increased number of grain trains. Who is using all of the…"
P&SRkid commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"I had heard it tossed around at the train show last year, that the Skunk Train believed they could make money in the canyon between Willits and Cloverdale for long, steam and deisle passenger trains. That seemed really stupid and really...far…"
Richard A Custer commented on e j christiansen's blog post Where's the freight?"Why would the CWR want to go to Cloverdale, it makes no sense."
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Where's the freight?
I don't see any freight hauls other than the grain loads. Are they able to deliver anything else anywhere on the line. With the Dairy Farmers in tough straights the need for grain may soon diminish.
Posted on May 19, 2012 at 5:59am — 37 Comments
Sunday running?
Seems like NWP runs at anytime now. Yesterday, they came by about four PM during the Super Bowl game. I've seen or heard them on other days other than M,W, and F as well. Yet other than grain hoppers and a wood car I don't see much other business. I hope they have a few Novato customers.
Posted on February 6, 2012 at 4:32am — 7 Comments
1922
Where was 1922 stored? I know they had a derelict located behind Petaluma station. I don't know where it went too after it was used for police training. But 1922 seems to have just appeared. Was that kept at Shelville?
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 4:27pm — 3 Comments
Sat. schedule?
They came high balling thru N. Mcdowell Petaluma @ about 5PM Saturday. Was this a special run?
Posted on December 5, 2011 at 5:03pm — 2 Comments
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