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Re: (erielack) Last Ore Train of The Season On EL 2nd Sub
Hi RJ:
Please tell Rex I live in Tryon, NC, Western North Carolina. I'm at the foot
of Saluda Grade on NS. We haven't had any trains through here since early
December 2001. Apparently the unit coal and wood chip trains go by way of
Black Mountain. If traffic builds, NS may take the loaded trains on that
route, and bring the empties back down Saluda Grade (A&S Line) to relieve
congestion.
We have the "Rails to Trails" idiots here who want to submit reams of
paperwork to NS in hopes they will convert Saluda Grade. It's always the
same answer and NS has grown tired of repeating themselves. The A&S Line has
NOT been abandoned, and as such cannot be converted to anything. It will
continue to be railbanked for the foreseeable future in case traffic merits
reopening the line.
With the prospects, however long, becoming brighter and brighter for high
speed rail from Washington through Spartanburg, SC to Atlanta, and Asheville
having a plan, as such, to upgrade the rails to Salisbury, NC so passenger
service can connect there with Amtrak, it would be absolute stupidity to
eliminate the Asheville - Spartanburg line.
Pete
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From: <RJFlei_@_aol.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 1:55 PM
To: <RJFlei_@_aol.com>
Subject: (erielack) Last Ore Train of The Season On EL 2nd Sub
>
>
> This is from Rex Pealer 12/18/10
>
> Three light NS units southbound at 5:45 AM and full train north bound at
> 9:35AM. Seems like the trains lasted into December this year and stopped
> in
> November last year.
> Happy Holidays
> Rex
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