Hope for CN’s Orion spur?

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Hope for CN’s Orion spur?

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Not sure if this could mean auto racks on the old PO&N but one can hope.

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Doesn't look like there's any production at Orion right now but I think something is scheduled later (electric vehicles perhaps?).

I'd like to see the new warehouse east of Flint get rail service.
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AARR wrote:Doesn't look like there's any production at Orion right now
Huh? It builds the Chevrolet Sonic, the Chevy Bolt electric and the Cruise experimental autonomous car.
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I drive by the loading ramps several times a week and haven't seen anything in the lot in a while
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AARR wrote:Doesn't look like there's any production at Orion right now
Huh? It builds the Chevrolet Sonic, the Chevy Bolt electric and the Cruise experimental autonomous car.
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AARR wrote:I drive by the loading ramps several times a week and haven't seen anything in the lot in a while
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AARR wrote:Doesn't look like there's any production at Orion right now
Huh? It builds the Chevrolet Sonic, the Chevy Bolt electric and the Cruise experimental autonomous car.

I wonder if they are on a shutdown which would explain the lack of cars at the ramp. Also, I wonder if they are simply loaded onto trucks as they exit the door for the trip to New Boston where they were being loaded.
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The lot was empty long before the standard shutdown. Seems like at least several months since anything was in the new vehicle lot.

Also, you are correct they truck the vehicles to a ramp (somewhere) to load onto rail cars. But like I said the lot has been empty for a while.
AARR wrote:I drive by the loading ramps several times a week and haven't seen anything in the lot in a while
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AARR wrote:Doesn't look like there's any production at Orion right now
Huh? It builds the Chevrolet Sonic, the Chevy Bolt electric and the Cruise experimental autonomous car.

I wonder if they are on a shutdown which would explain the lack of cars at the ramp. Also, I wonder if they are simply loaded onto trucks as they exit the door for the trip to New Boston where they were being loaded.
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Is this the line that goes past Great Lakes Crossing?

Was always in awe at the size of the Joslyn Rd. Crossing
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Yes
MQT1223 wrote:Is this the line that goes past Great Lakes Crossing?

Was always in awe at the size of the Joslyn Rd. Crossing
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Re: Hope for CN’s Orion spur?

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Orion Assembly barely runs one shift at the moment, they build the Bolt, Verano, Sonic, and autonomous vehicles. Finished vehicles have been loaded on trucks since back around 2009 or so. The new GM warehouse in Flint will never see rail service, there's no need for it as it's just a parts processing/sorting facility to help dealers get parts faster. The new warehouse is just a newer and bigger facility to replace the old one down the road in Burton.
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