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RE: Re: (erielack) Central New York Lease of Tier

Randy et al....

> My guess is that there are other issues -- probably the 
> control of the dispatch of trains.  The carload customers on 
> the line aren't worth the legal fees.

You got that right!
 
> I predict a substantial increase in NYS&W overhead traffic 
> from some source not yet identified  -- CP?  Or the notably 
> silent actor -- CN?

If there's a "substantial increase," then why significantly reduce the line
to single track? I understand the expense of maintaining both, and true, it
probably isn't needed with enough passing sidings.

CP is pretty friendly with NYS&W, but you're right - CN doesn't have a
current NYC terminal. Hmmm.....  I'd also like to know why the line is being
leased to CNY for only $1/year? I'm assuming it's easier for NS to lease it
than to pay to scrap it (and raise the ire of New York State, who funded a
big rehab of this line two decades ago)


 
> Then, I wonder if someone has finally figured out that 
> hauling stuff up and over Sparta Mountain, after hauling it 
> up and over Gulf Summit and Otisville, might be one mountain 
> too many, with the ERIE mainline going to the same place in 
> fewer miles and lower elevations.

True, but methinks that NJT wouldn't stand for adding (EEK!) more freight
traffic to its lines.


 
> And you can bet that there is state and federal money 
> involved -- that's YOUR money, folks!

Walter Rich has been the master of doing this. The rebuilding of the NYS&W
(both northern and southern divisions) has been almost entirely paid for by
State funds. Admirable job, too, when you think about it.

	- Paul

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