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BM&R planning work on Temple-Hamburg line 9 years 1 day ago #4413

WindsorSpring OFFLINE Engineer Posts: 94 Thank you received: 8	Large numbers of two-bay covered hoppers go east and west on the BNSF Cuba Sub in Missouri. I have been told many are frac sand loads. There is a sand operation in Pacific, MO. It is interesting to speculate whether the once-stored covered hoppers Mark mentioned are among those now in use on the BNSF. There certainly is use for them in PA for the same purpose.
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BM&R planning work on Temple-Hamburg line 8 years 6 months ago #4861

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The Reading Eagle just ran an article on the cars stored on this line.

Railroad cars that once hauled crude now parked in norther Berks, 10-13-15

Looks like the track work I mentioned earlier was just to increase storage capacity. It’s a smart move for the R&N, but also sad to know that this line won’t see any other activity for the foreseeable future.

Of course, I’m not complaining about cheap gas prices!

Thanks, Mark

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BM&R planning work on Temple-Hamburg line 8 years 6 months ago #4879

MrBill OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 169 Thank you received: 31	I seem to recall a crossover at the south end of the Shoey passing siding with a stub aiming south. I'm guessing that maybe that siding was cut back years ago and perhaps that's where they might lay more double track, Since the grading is somewhat pre-established. Kinda cool whenever there's new track going down locally.
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