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General railway discussions

OntarioOnTheMove said:
Presentation by the South Central Ontario Region Economic Development Corporation on shortline railroads in their region with a focus on the CN Cayuga Subdivision:

www.scorregion.com

Future of Shortline Rail Information

Check out the presentation provided to learn more about the future of Shortline Rail in the SCOR region!
www.scorregion.com www.scorregion.com
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At least there are active customers on that line that would benefit from the line being saved. Is there any demand for a commuter line in that area?
 
Bordercollie said:
At least there are active customers on that line that would benefit from the line being saved. Is there any demand for a commuter line in that area?
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There aren't strong prospects for commuter service in the near term on the Cayuga Subdivision. The primary use for now would be protecting the line as an asset for potential freight shippers and new industrial development.

Reopening may face some challenges as it has been closed for a year (and is very overgrown) and former shippers have since found alternate arrangements. It will be interesting to see if plans to save the line work out. We will probably find out soon.
 
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Bordercollie said:
At least there are active customers on that line that would benefit from the line being saved. Is there any demand for a commuter line in that area?
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OntarioOnTheMove said:
There aren't strong prospects for commuter service in the near term on the Cayuga Subdivision. The primary use for now would be protecting the line as an asset for potential freight shippers and new industrial development.

Reopening may face some challenges as it has been closed for a year (and is very overgrown) and former shippers have since found alternate arrangements. It will be interesting to see if plans to save the line work out. We will probably find out soon.
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I'm a bit confused, because the section in question has already been removed from the RAC map:
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Urban Sky said:
I'm a bit confused, because the section in question has already been removed from the RAC map:
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That happened fairly recently. The present status of the potential bid by the interested parties is not perfectly clear right now. As a side note, the former CSX Sarnia Subdivision through Wallaceburg and Dresden was recently purchased by an unnamed company, and similarly does not appear in the rail atlas.
 
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Bordercollie said:
Why couldn't VIA lease them until they were required in service?
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They would have needed some work prior to VIA being able to use them for service. And considering that some of the mods required were going to be VIA-specific, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense for a small sub-fleet that would have a very limited lifespan for VIA.

It also sounds like AllEarth is not exactly on speaking terms with many organizations, and have rebuffed quite a few offers in the time since they won those units.

Dan
 
smallspy said:
It also sounds like AllEarth is not exactly on speaking terms with many organizations, and have rebuffed quite a few offers in the time since they won those units.

Dan
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Sounds very much like our own grass roots boosters of passenger rail, who assemble and flog somewhat flimsy amateurish proposals, and then end up alienating even potential supporters with self righteous antics that burn bridges.

- Paul
 
Looking back, it worked out pretty well that VIA wasn’t able to buy the RDCs as they ended up with a new fleet instead. Judging by the condition of the HEP cars, the RDCs probably would have needed to be replaced soon anyway.
 
roger1818 said:
Looking back, it worked out pretty well that VIA wasn’t able to buy the RDCs as they ended up with a new fleet instead. Judging by the condition of the HEP cars, the RDCs probably would have needed to be replaced soon anyway.
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How does a fleet replacing the Corridor cars impact what the RDCs would likely have been doing if acquired?

I wouldn’t shed a tear if all of the RDCs retired, but only if VIA acquired new DMUs with modern cabs, propulsion, telemetry, accessibility to replace them for appropriate services.
 
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