CSX updates on Quebec intermodal yard

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CSX updates on Quebec intermodal yard

How,exactly,is trucking all those containers from Montreal to Valleyfield - 25 miles or more- going to reduce emissions?

How,exactly,is trucking all those containers from Montreal to Valleyfield - 25 miles or more- going to reduce emissions?

How,exactly,is trucking all those containers from Montreal to Valleyfield - 25 miles or more- going to reduce emissions?

How,exactly,is trucking all those containers from Montreal to Valleyfield - 25 miles or more- going to reduce emissions?

Mr Schurman : It not the short haul that cuts emissions. It is the drive from New York (CSX’s current railhead for intermodal) to the Montreal area that reduces emissions. I do not remember where CSX unloads intermodal for Quebec. Rome or Utica NY?

Mr Schurman : It not the short haul that cuts emissions. It is the drive from New York (CSX’s current railhead for intermodal) to the Montreal area that reduces emissions. I do not remember where CSX unloads intermodal for Quebec. Rome or Utica NY?

I wonder if we’ll have a Jacksonville to Montreal train for this terminal…

Another CSX train to report on the northeast trackside yahoo groups

Thanks to some innovative, grass-roots operational people, CSX finally has realized what a nugget they have in the “Montreal Secondary” that was built to handle double stacks from the get-go, totally underutilized by Conrail, and provides access to European markets on a short ocean route via Canada. Trucking to Eastern Canada is just the “tip of the iceberg”.