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  • macdon02
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2007
    • 1858

    #11
    I was slightly having fun on invading BC. However not sure you noticed farma but you've been regulated into using the 2 national rail lines to get grain to port. Unless I'm missing something..... this shit won't change till there's torches and pitchforks on the lawn of a legislature or parliament hill. That's the God's honest truth! 4000 super b's in downtown Vancouver or the threat of, might be what's needed. Create a massive cluster.....
    Last edited by macdon02; Mar 22, 2018, 20:40.

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    • farmaholic
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2010
      • 17471

      #12
      Open running rights....
      Would Putin or the USA settle for this performance if it was affecting their country's economy?

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      • Sheepwheat
        Senior Member
        • Jun 2017
        • 3137

        #13
        Keep the high yields coming!

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        • Crestliner
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2015
          • 400

          #14
          Originally posted by macdon02 View Post
          I was slightly having fun on invading BC. However not sure you noticed farma but you've been regulated into using the 2 national rail lines to get grain to port. Unless I'm missing something..... this shit won't change till there's torches and pitchforks on the lawn of a legislature or parliament hill. That's the God's honest truth! 4000 super b's in downtown Vancouver or the threat of, might be what's needed. Create a massive cluster.....
          Wow 4000 super B’s holding up traffic in the mountains and Vancouver would really be over the top and definitely would send a message that we are over shitty rail service....but it may not last....didn’t someone go on ahunger strike over rail or was that the CWB?
          I’ve got 4 supers....are we going to take wheat or canola? Lol...Gotta think that 4000 farmers trucks would gather a lot of attention....it would be a fun trip...let’s go in the summer...the mountains are a little scary with a set of trains in the winter for my average flatlander drivers haha.

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          • Crestliner
            Senior Member
            • Aug 2015
            • 400

            #15
            4000 x 43 MT = 172,000 metric tonnes....holy shit MacDon I think you are on to something...that’s a pile of grain moved in a 48 hour period!! That’s a couple Panamax shiploads or $85 million of canola. That would be a history making operation. I think you better stike up a committee and get this planned.

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            • Sodbuster
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2017
              • 1121

              #16
              2000 rail cars

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              • GOODRUM
                Senior Member
                • Feb 2008
                • 511

                #17
                Convoy! I'm in!

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                • farmaholic
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 17471

                  #18
                  Ok.....a one-off event may open eyes and draw attention to the matter but a permanent solution it is not......

                  Go for it, you have my support. We only have a tridem.

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                  • Robertbarlage
                    Senior Member
                    • Feb 2014
                    • 1242

                    #19
                    to bad Canada is so stupid having Americans in control of railways Hunter Harrison may u rot in hell for destroying Canada railways. the USA must laugh every day and the world that we are not smart enough to put in pipe lines and twin all rail across Canada .we need all products taken to the west or east not just grain! the main rails seem very busy to me and just can't keep up Christ there a train going by every half hour !

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                    • macdon02
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2007
                      • 1858

                      #20
                      In today's society, I'm betting the ceo's of the railways are banking on the farmer playing the role of the victim. It's to easy to sit back and scream. Lot tougher to make shit happen then wonder what happened.

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