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  • Oliver88
    Senior Member
    • Dec 2012
    • 4688

    #11
    If we could invest $4.7 million to improve our railway efficiency and reduce our freight rates what would be the priority?

    Twin rail lines going to west coast?
    Add North-South rail lines that could tie into the PNW shipping?
    Increase holding capacity in Prince Rupert or Vancouver?
    Build a new line to Churchill?
    Build new bins on Wiseguy and Bucket farms?

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    • bucket
      Senior Member
      • Jan 2008
      • 17021

      #12
      I would have zero problem with an incentive program for grain cos to build the capacity at the tracks...

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      • Oliver88
        Senior Member
        • Dec 2012
        • 4688

        #13
        Originally posted by bucket View Post
        I would have zero problem with an incentive program for grain cos to build the capacity at the tracks...
        Increase Storage capacity for grain companies?

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        • TASFarms
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2014
          • 1339

          #14
          Originally posted by bucket View Post
          I would have zero problem with an incentive program for grain cos to build the capacity at the tracks...
          and throw another driveway with a pit at the same time.

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          • GDR
            Senior Member
            • Oct 2016
            • 1659

            #15
            Originally posted by bucket View Post
            I would have zero problem with an incentive program for grain cos to build the capacity at the tracks...
            Wonder on average how many complete turns the elevator system would do in a crop year? Lots of places in the world virtually all the production is hauled directly from field to elevator. Pros and cons either way but the cost of bins plus moving grain and storage risk could make that very attractive.

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            • walterm
              Senior Member
              • Oct 2003
              • 333

              #16
              Originally posted by bucket View Post
              I would have zero problem with an incentive program for grain cos to build the capacity at the tracks...
              They don't want bins when they can store it on farm for free or make money by having farmer store it. I even offered to lend them a bin to use when they were 3 months behind on a contract delivery and they wouldn't take it.

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              • Misterjade9
                Senior Member
                • Nov 2016
                • 440

                #17
                Originally posted by Oliver88 View Post
                Increase Storage capacity for grain companies?
                I have touched on this before, could you imagine how big of a terminal could be built on the east side of the rockies with $4.7B and new tracks to get there. They could run shorter trains in the winter over the mountains because it would be a shorter turn around, and we would have surge capacity on the prairies.

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                • bucket
                  Senior Member
                  • Jan 2008
                  • 17021

                  #18
                  Originally posted by Misterjade9 View Post
                  I have touched on this before, could you imagine how big of a terminal could be built on the east side of the rockies with $4.7B and new tracks to get there. They could run shorter trains in the winter over the mountains because it would be a shorter turn around, and we would have surge capacity on the prairies.
                  Could also build one on the west side as well....there are extreme cold days that trains could just be shuttle 200kms inland and back to keep grain moving....

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                  • Guest

                    #19
                    all i wanna know is, why in fu ck aren't these useless fu ken ass holes protesting this ,*** ken quebec , I'm sick of it

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