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<DIV>Sam is correct about the Intermodal facility on the former Conrail north of
Hagerstown. Actually it will be at Greencastle, PA a few
miles north of Hagerstown, and convenient to I-81. Several years ago, NS
hoped to place this facility on land they owned in the Vardo yard area south of
Hagerstown. The county objected to it because they did not want increased
truck traffic on roads there. PA seems happy to be getting the
facility. It will be on a 200 acre site. When N&W built
Vardo, circa 1917, they bought a farm so they have a lot of acreage west of
the yard that will be developed someday whether the locals like it or
not.</DIV>
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<DIV>If what I read is true about California's Pacific sea terminals losing
container ships when the new canal is built across Central America, I predict
the shipping will go to Gulf of Mexico ports, and NS will see a lot of
northbound container traffic. Presently, the new CSX terminal at
Chambersburg, PA sees one inbound and one outbound container train each
day.</DIV>
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<DIV>--Rick Morrison </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:55
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Automatic Train Control in
N&WHS Newsletter</DIV>
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<DIV>Richard,</DIV>
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<DIV>I think the predictions of greatly increased traffic on the Valley were
tied in with the expectation that a major intermodal terminal would now be
constructed somewhere near or north of Hagerstown on the CR Cumberland Valley
line. Supposedly NS had wanted to route much of its intermodal traffic
from the Northeast to the Mid-South down this line but Conrail was
not being cooperative. I think the expectation was that, with
Conrail's foot-dragging out of the way, NS would get to work quickly in
setting up the intermodal facility and rerouting traffic. I recently saw
an article (someone may have posted it on this site) announcing that NS is
finally going to do this. Makes you wonder if Conrail had really
been the major problem. Of course, the economy might have had something
to do with the delay, but there was a long period of economic and traffic boom
between the NS-Conrail merger and the present recession.</DIV>
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<DIV>Sam Putney</DIV>
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