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Per the town, the museum is not the operator. They have been talking with a 3rd party operator that they claim they are very happy with.

In the filing it says the town has been talking to reputable operator to take over. Anyone heard who the new operator is?

Thing are heating up on the CKIN. Wonder who the town is talking with regarding a new operator?

http://www.stb.dot.gov/filings/all.nsf/ ... 238219.pdf

I can tell you back in 2009-2010 the fee that NS paid to RA was as follows:

$0.32 per loaded axel per mile to include locomotives

So simple math: $0.32 x 300 axels= $96 per mile
Then multiply $96 x the miles the NS train raveled on the CFE and that what NS owes per train.

So have our "PALS" been out hyrailing?

midland sub wrote:Don't be surprised to see a few more hi rail trucks prowling the I&O over the next few weeks....

Coming to fruition??? Or extra patrols???

How many GM's and AGM's have they gone through since the sale? Seems the IORY is changing monthly...

Things should be running much smoother now, not perfect, but better. They've cleaned up a lot of the cars sitting and the search for a GM is still on.

The GDLK is struggling currently. The General Manager was let go Monday. The operation has been suffering from lack of leadership. An interim GM is in place and the search is on for a new one. The operation wasn't being managed and they are struggling to move traffic. There is a team from the corp o...

WATCO has made a preferred equity investment in Federated Capital Holdings, LLC which is the holdings company of the GLC. PITTSBURG, KANSAS, November 18, 2013 – Watco Transportation Services, L.L.C. (WTS), a Kansas limited liability company and subsidiary of Watco Companies, L.L.C., has reached a de...

CFE drug 2 CSX locomotives a couple thousand feet with the locomotive brakes set up. Flat spots on all 12 wheels. CSX made them replace all wheels. Happened early last week.

So what's the latest on the track work- where and what is going on currently? Thanks

Keep your eyes on the AA and other area rail lines in the next 6-8 months. There is more to this puzzle coming. The SW Michigan area rail scene will be changing with Watco involved. Look towards the East for another acquisition in the next 3-5 months. Ok here is my original post. When I referred to...

Makes sense, only shortline I could think of still in Michigan that's east of the Annie is the A&B - didn't think it'd be "in play" but in this day and age you never know. Mschwiebert- Look past Ohio. Also don't be surprised if the WSOR expands or additional shorelines pop up in Wisconsin..... Ther...

Mschwiebert- Look past Ohio. Also don't be surprised if the WSOR expands or additional shorelines pop up in Wisconsin.....

Keep your eyes on the AA and other area rail lines in the next 6-8 months. There is more to this puzzle coming. The SW Michigan area rail scene will be changing with Watco involved.

Look towards the East for another acquisition in the next 3-5 months.

STB approved control of the AA at the end of this month.

I'm sure Watco is looking at the GLC. But I believe this move also had other intentions like blocking GW from getting it and connecting Michigan Lines and Ohio Lines. Lets look at future.... The Union Railroad will come under Watco in 2013-2014. The big play is going to be the Wheeling and Lake Eire...

Look for Watco to expand in the Eastern US in 2013. Lots on the table out that way that they are deep in at this point!

Ok, heres the scoop on the Elk. They do not own the line. It's still leased for 99 years. But, per the lease Watco had to take over dispatching the line at a certain point and that point has arrived. Also they had to take over all the CTC. Sooooo for the last 2-3 months they have bee cutting over th...