12-02-2011, 01:59 PM
"Normally a regional/shortline will have trackage rights on a larger railroad to facilitate interchange. Most large industries built in the modern (post-deregulation) era were located where two or more railroads came together to give more shipping options. They also locate on shortlines to get away from Class 1 railroads, lower switching costs and more interchanges available."
Which is why the Effingham Railroad was developed from 1996 onwards, whereby it has interchange with CSX and CN [formerly IC] and is based in the Total Quality Warehouse [internal] through siding. Numerous clients of TQW benefited from the lower switching costs of a shortline including one very large cabinetmaking firm who previously had used their own siding on CSX. Having the interchange with both CSX and CN was the reason Krispy Kreme decided to build their second Manufacturing and Distibution Plant on line between 2002 and the end of 2007. The shortline is basically a two man, two locomotive operation with EFRR 2716 being equiped for remote control operation which is particularly useful when unloading aggregate trains for Mid-Illinois Concrete. There is a short U-Tube clip of EFRR 2716 unloading rock at the Mid-Illinois Concrete dump pit andbeing operated by blt pack remote control. Fred Frailey from TRAINS magazine also recently did an article on the railroad which can be viewed either in his blog at TRAINS or on the EFRR website at EFRR.com
Mark
Which is why the Effingham Railroad was developed from 1996 onwards, whereby it has interchange with CSX and CN [formerly IC] and is based in the Total Quality Warehouse [internal] through siding. Numerous clients of TQW benefited from the lower switching costs of a shortline including one very large cabinetmaking firm who previously had used their own siding on CSX. Having the interchange with both CSX and CN was the reason Krispy Kreme decided to build their second Manufacturing and Distibution Plant on line between 2002 and the end of 2007. The shortline is basically a two man, two locomotive operation with EFRR 2716 being equiped for remote control operation which is particularly useful when unloading aggregate trains for Mid-Illinois Concrete. There is a short U-Tube clip of EFRR 2716 unloading rock at the Mid-Illinois Concrete dump pit andbeing operated by blt pack remote control. Fred Frailey from TRAINS magazine also recently did an article on the railroad which can be viewed either in his blog at TRAINS or on the EFRR website at EFRR.com
Mark
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