New rail lines can be built

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

[bucket]

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....

[Misterjade9]

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.

[walterm]

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.

[GDR]

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.

[TASFarms]

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.

[Oliver88]

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?

[bucket]

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

[Oliver88]

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?

[walterm]

Don't know if any truth to this but sure makes you think! We are farming twice as much land with continuous cropping, growing twice the yield varieties and farming practices yet haven't changed our rail system?

Kinda reminds me of oil industry produce more without any thought of how to get it to market.

Maybe time to back up and get infrastructure in place to handle production.