Omnitrack places Churchill rail line for sale

[Klause]

Get FCL to buy it. Upgrade it... bring in their own fert and ship grain via producer cars or select origination facilities.

[Braveheart]

The port MIGHT be viable but, I have a friend that used to operate the locomotives on the line to Churchill (MB section). He maintains that it's not fit for grain, fertilizer or anything with weight. He said the railbed is in terrible condition, and speeds are best described as a crawl.

By rail, it's closer to Pascagoula MS than to Churchill from southern SK and Mb.

[Braveheart]

Re Omnitracks, anything that Merv Tweed has a hand in running is on a glory train to failure.

[seedsman]

Friend took the train to Churchill a few years ago as part of a tour. Said there were times he wanted to get off the train and walk, he would go faster. Line was on really poor shape in some areas.

[BreadWinner]

I rode the train and it doesnt need to be high speed to get you there. The rail could probably use some work but it is still intact and not torn out like many others. If you were to start from scratch and build the rail and port it would cost hundreds of millions. That had to give some value to it?

[blackpowder]

Cold war relic?

[BreadWinner]

If farmers had some balls and wanted to take this industry by the horns they would pool together and make this thing work. These companies are sucking the profits from our grain and we could be putting that money back in our pockets. The government woud thtow subsities back oat the owner to keep tgst rail and port working. Omnitrax got all that for $1 plus 36 million dollars from the Goverment to keep it going. They took that money and didnt do any upkeep and now they want too sell it. They want out because they wont be able to haul crude over the tundra for export in the Hudson Bay. They took this on as a big gamble and they are taking the loot and running away.

[farmaholic]

Give it to ****er Hairlesson, he'll fix it!

[hobbyfrmr]

Breadwinner,
Exactly.

[wmoebis]

Maybe G3 and AGT will form partnership and pick it up. Both companies elevator systems and markets are mainly serviced buy it's catchment areas.