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RE: (erielack) Port Morris Intermodal?
- Subject: RE: (erielack) Port Morris Intermodal?
- From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 10:16:48 -0400
Ed Montgomery wrote:
> One thing I have always wondered about was the way EL and CR neglected
> the use of Port Morris as an intermodal terminal. It was probably too
> early to consider in those years but I have seen what NS did
> with a few
> tracks in Alexandria in their Thoroughbred Service. Port Morris could
> have been a great place for distributing in the Northern New Jersey
> area.
Actually, this is a very intriguing idea. Today, they could put the intermodal terminal in Port Morris and just truck the trailers to the NYC-area markets. Of course, the property values being what they are in Northern NJ, would that be cost-effective?
> Another location for this could have been and still
> could be the
> flood plane area off of the Totowa Spur along the new road
> that extends
> from Riverview Drive to Route 23. Substantial freight
> movement could be
> generated without the need of the Boonton through Paterson. It could
> still work.
You'd have to do a whole lotta fill and put in a good drainage system before contemplating something like this, but yes, you're right. Might be a bit cramped for a terminal there, with all the industry/warehouses around there.
One issue for today would be the fact that a lot of intermodal is now double-stacked, and you have the issues of clearance. That might kill the idea of the Totowa terminal (but probably not the Port Morris one)
- Paul
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