Link to Trains NewsWire article, which apparently hasn't made it here yet:
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/18-up-halts-work-on-new-hump-yard-will-idle-two-others
- PDN.
There's been talk about closing or maybe leasing out Proviso to a third party switching company. I read a rumor on another site from guys out west that Roseville may be closed. I seem to recall hearing that one of the humps at North Platte may be closed.
Jeff
I also referenced that on K.P. Harrier’s Sunset Route Two-Tracking Updates thread.
If they build long sidings like CN does, they may be 5 miles long to hold two trains, and built to mainline standards.
There also are just a few short gaps in double track in California that may be closed. I would suppose it all depends on how much Brazos Yard capital can be redirected.
jeffhergertThere's been talk about closing or maybe leasing out Proviso to a third party switching company. I read a rumor on another site from guys out west that Roseville may be closed. I seem to recall hearing that one of the humps at North Platte may be closed. Jeff
If you discourage enough customers who are involved in 'loose car' railroading - you don't need Hump Yards or for that matter flat switching yards.
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