what is the bottleneck in rail transport

[grassfarmer]

There are grain companies that are against it.

I think that port could make Western Canada a different place in a good way. Grain will only go where certain people can make money off of it and none of those people are in Churchill!

Why would grain companies want to use it when they have their own terminals at other ports? I was well established that Churchill would be a casualty with the demise of the CWB.

Sounds much the same as the ranchers battle during BSE. Trying desperately to get outlets for beef off this continent but it wasn't to be. The Government acted with the packers and against cattlemen to ensure beef remained captive on this continent to be bought by the 2 companies that process over 90% of the kill at the price that suited them, with no competition. Tell me how the grain situation is shaping up any different......and are you still sure the railways are to blame?

[sawfly1]

it is a monopoly , railroads get to handle it all , no matter how long it takes.
grain. cos get to handle it all no matter how long it takes .

and the longer it takes only improves , both their profitability.

they are not paying the cost.
guess who is?

do we actually . have a time of excess rail capacity at any time ? seeding ?
storage at the coast would not help if we don't .

if we are only filling 60% of orders now, what good are all the new terminals going to do?
every one gets less cars.
pretty bad when the only solution is a big drought.

whatever happens

no more , money for nothing.

full compensatory rates were supposed to fix the problem.
they never did.
oh ya we will have incentive to invest, bull , maybe in the states

Don't get fooled again.

[Crazyharrows]

simple soultion here boys,northwest passage will be ice free year around in next ten years.Build that track to Churchill have massive grain port there haul grain there during the winter fill ships during the summer.Have ships coming in with food ,lumber what ever else the people of the north need.no reason why there can't be a massive deep sea port there. How much money you think gov. Spends on freight to get goods there ? People of the north wont have to pay ten dollars for gallon of milk anymore there goods would drop in price,no need to fly goods in then.Then we don't have to depend on west coast to get our grain moving. There is the soultion need the sask. And manintoba goverments get this built.Ha shit boys I was haveing a dream!

[sumdumguy]

Then why are the graincos not in front of mps explaining it....why are farmers having to do the bitching?

Because the more backed-up the system, the cheaper they get the grain. Maybe.