In the past mileage was saved by this route and it resulted in Ontario towns like St. Thomas becoming big rail maintenance centers (which apart from some historical places/museums is now all but long gone).
Is there a chance that in todays high cost fuel environment that this route might be revived?
Thanks.
Wasm't the old CASO a New York Central line or was it owned by one of the Canadian roads and the NYC had trackage rights on it?
Mark
As a trucker I have run this route many times. This was per 9-11. Back then you filled out a form and gave that and your bills to the customs officer. He would put a seal on your door and off you would go. At the next customs stop an officer would check the seal and off you would go again. I think it was called " in bond". Not sure how things are done now.
Expresslane wrote: As a trucker I have run this route many times. This was per 9-11. Back then you filled out a form and gave that and your bills to the customs officer. He would put a seal on your door and off you would go. At the next customs stop an officer would check the seal and off you would go again. I think it was called " in bond". Not sure how things are done now.
It's called temporary importation under bond (TIB), and it's used in a variety of ways. Way back in 1976, I was an Immigration & Customs Inspector at Grand Portage MN and TIB's were regularly used for the various Canadian stock car drivers who would come down to race at Proctor Speedway. It was also used by an American firm called Pipe Benders that had machinery that bent pipeline pipe as specified for construction projects. The straight pipe would come in by truck and would return a few days later as elbows.
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