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RE: (erielack) Port Morris Intermodal?

Back in 1984 when Monroe County was trying to buy the Cutoff to save it, the D&H expressed an interest in running trains to Port Morris and establishing an intermodal facility there.

Tim

- -----Original Message-----
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
Sent: Oct 4, 2005 10:16 AM
To: erielack_@_lists.railfan.net
Subject: RE: (erielack) Port Morris Intermodal?

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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