Jeff's reports are insightful, mixing the current news with information
on the history of the railroad and speculation on the future.
April 2008: Pipeline unloaded at Norwood Yard
There has been lots of activity in Norwood Yard in the last month.
There have been lots of TrailerTrain-type flatbed railcars full of green
large-diameter pipes arriving in Norwood Yard by the CN Railroad. CN/WCL
crews have been unloading the pipe from these cars, and have been lining
them up in rows facing North-South in the large field where the old
GB&W shops and turntable once stood. The rows of pipe were started at
the Eastern edge of the yard working West. The rows also take up an area
from the current tracks to the Southern edge of the yard. I'm not sure
what this project is about. They will get maybe 7 or 8 carloads of pipe in
at a time and unload them. Then they will pull the empty cars out of the
yard and bring in another 7 or 8 cars. If I can get pics, or can find out
what the pipe is intended for, I'll pass the information on.
In other news, the line from Norwood Yard out to Anamax and Samuels
Recycling is doing a steady business. Several trains each week are still
serving these businesses.
In the last month, I took a few loads out to Luxemburg. The line is
still intact from Green Bay to Luxemburg.
And finally, CN is still serving the Manawa area, though I've noticed a
slowdown in rail freight into and out of New London.
- Jeff Baumann
April 1, 2008
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