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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by banjonbene Hello mudchicken, re. second paragraph I know all that. Here in the mideasten states it looks much different than what you see. For excample there is a short line, The Stewardstown, near bankruptcy, yet there are at least 5 building supply companys along its track not one of them has a spur. Its connecting railroad, the Northen Central has shut down. [/quote] Hey Ben, the Stewartstown RR had just purchased a larger engine because of several new customers when Hurricaine Agnes hit in '72. The SRR wasn't heavily damaged, but the connecting PC line was wiped out in numerous places. The PC route south was removed, while the New Freedom-York line was left "in suspenders" as PC fussed about repairing the washouts and SRR and its new customers were hollering for the connection to be reopened. A 100 year old stone culvert had been blown away; it was replaced, at taxpayer's expense, with a brand-new steel girder bridge and new concrete abutments. But rail service had been absent for 14 years! The SRR's new customers had made long-term arrangements with truckers. The SRR's freighting days were over; the revived NCRY hauled precious little freight and ran a jerk-water excursion operation. (By the way, to give you an idea of the potential lost because of Agnes, the SRR had eleven cars trapped on its line that had to be low-boyed out after it was evident the shut-down would last a while.) Go up and walk around on the new bridge. Shoot, we all paid for it. What a waste of money. If the bridge had been quickly replaced in 6 months instead of 14 years, southern York County might still have had some viable railservice.
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