AARR's Paper Railroads (Ex CR Lines)
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:58 pm
Jackson, Charlotte & Grand Rapids 1980
Acquired ex-CR Charlotte Sub from Eaton to Grand Rapids (44th Street).
Started out with a pair of ex-CR GP7's. Operations centered out of Charlotte where train would operate 3-5 times per week going wherever needed. Interchanged with CR at Eaton and Grand Rapids and GTW in Charlotte.
Grain and Water Heaters were main commodities handled. Elevators are located at Eaton, Charlotte, Vermontville, and a pair in Caledonia. Water Heaters are shipped out in 86' hi-cube box cars from plant in Middleton amounting to 10-12 cars per week (spur holds 3 cars). There's a handful of other smaller customers handling fertilizer, building materials, and scrap metal.
Acquired track from Eaton to Rives Jct. in 1984 and picked up cardboard plant in Eaton which receives 8-10 cars per week.
In early 1990's scrapped GP7's and acquired three ex-CR/PC GP38's.
1999 interchange switched to NS at Rives Jct. and Grand Rapids and CN at Charlotte and acquired track from 44th Street to Burton Yard junction picking up cookie/cracker plant.
Over the years we've lost smaller customers but existing customers have grown. Card Board plant now receives about 12 cars per week. Elevators in Eaton (6 per year), Charlotte (3), Vermontville (3), and Caledonia (3) ship 50 car grain units which get delivered to NS. The water heater plant in Middleton continues to ships 10-12 cars per week. A silicon plant (no fake breast jokes, please receives a few cars each week. We also handle fertilizer for the elevators in Eaton and Vermontville. The elevator in Eaton also receives some fuel oil by rail. And the cookie/cracker plant in Grand Rapids receives 12-15 cars a week. NS handles all the unit train business, water heaters, and most of the cardboard business. CN gets some of the card board business, the silicon business, the smaller fertilizer shipments, and all of the flour business to Grand Rapids. We operate 4-5 days a week and sometimes 6 when loading unit grain trains.
2009 interchange changed to GDLK at Grand Rapids. At this time the only interchange done with GDLK are cars that are mistakenly routed over their track instead of the NS connection at Rives Jct.
Future business looks good. Green Valley will have a fertilizer plant come on line in 2010 that will receive 5-6 50-car units per year. We're in a good position to acquire NS's Lansing Secondary if/when they are ready to sell. And there's potential for the line in Grand Rapids between 44th Street and Burton Yard Jct.
Acquired ex-CR Charlotte Sub from Eaton to Grand Rapids (44th Street).
Started out with a pair of ex-CR GP7's. Operations centered out of Charlotte where train would operate 3-5 times per week going wherever needed. Interchanged with CR at Eaton and Grand Rapids and GTW in Charlotte.
Grain and Water Heaters were main commodities handled. Elevators are located at Eaton, Charlotte, Vermontville, and a pair in Caledonia. Water Heaters are shipped out in 86' hi-cube box cars from plant in Middleton amounting to 10-12 cars per week (spur holds 3 cars). There's a handful of other smaller customers handling fertilizer, building materials, and scrap metal.
Acquired track from Eaton to Rives Jct. in 1984 and picked up cardboard plant in Eaton which receives 8-10 cars per week.
In early 1990's scrapped GP7's and acquired three ex-CR/PC GP38's.
1999 interchange switched to NS at Rives Jct. and Grand Rapids and CN at Charlotte and acquired track from 44th Street to Burton Yard junction picking up cookie/cracker plant.
Over the years we've lost smaller customers but existing customers have grown. Card Board plant now receives about 12 cars per week. Elevators in Eaton (6 per year), Charlotte (3), Vermontville (3), and Caledonia (3) ship 50 car grain units which get delivered to NS. The water heater plant in Middleton continues to ships 10-12 cars per week. A silicon plant (no fake breast jokes, please receives a few cars each week. We also handle fertilizer for the elevators in Eaton and Vermontville. The elevator in Eaton also receives some fuel oil by rail. And the cookie/cracker plant in Grand Rapids receives 12-15 cars a week. NS handles all the unit train business, water heaters, and most of the cardboard business. CN gets some of the card board business, the silicon business, the smaller fertilizer shipments, and all of the flour business to Grand Rapids. We operate 4-5 days a week and sometimes 6 when loading unit grain trains.
2009 interchange changed to GDLK at Grand Rapids. At this time the only interchange done with GDLK are cars that are mistakenly routed over their track instead of the NS connection at Rives Jct.
Future business looks good. Green Valley will have a fertilizer plant come on line in 2010 that will receive 5-6 50-car units per year. We're in a good position to acquire NS's Lansing Secondary if/when they are ready to sell. And there's potential for the line in Grand Rapids between 44th Street and Burton Yard Jct.