Michigan Rail Business news

[redside20]

Good news near Escanaba...Omya and Newpage have teamed up to open a mineral plant at an existing Newpage Corp paper mill
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/bus ... gan/ng4rF/

Here is the huge plant
https://www.google.com/maps/place/NewPa ... 1c3e9146ac

What railroad serves this place?

[Standard Railfan]

Good news near Escanaba...Omya and Newpage have teamed up to open a mineral plant at an existing Newpage Corp paper mill
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/bus ... gan/ng4rF/

Here is the huge plant
https://www.google.com/maps/place/NewPa ... 1c3e9146ac

What railroad serves this place?

The New Page mill in Escanaba is served by CN.

[AARR]

Good news near Escanaba...Omya and Newpage have teamed up to open a mineral plant at an existing Newpage Corp paper mill
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/bus ... gan/ng4rF/

Here is the huge plant
https://www.google.com/maps/place/NewPa ... 1c3e9146ac

What railroad serves this place?

CN

[ns8401]

There was an article in the Free Press on Sunday that said Procoil, which has a facility near Wayne that is served by the Michigan Line will be expanding and adding 19 jobs. Maybe they'll get a few more cars too.

[AARR]

There was an article in the Free Press on Sunday that said Procoil, which has a facility near Wayne that is served by the Michigan Line will be expanding and adding 19 jobs. Maybe they'll get a few more cars too.

Procoil (owned and operated by Worthington Steel) in Canton is the primary distribution center for its MI locations (Taylor and Jackson). Canton holds 8 cars in its two track bay and most days they have cars in there plus several on its outside spur.

Taylor (CN) and Jackson (NS) also get cars once or twice a month.

[UncleRaul]

They are building the stamping plant so they won't have to ship stamps by rail rom another stamping plant.

Right, but they'll probably need steel inbounds.... eh?

Also, Check this out: new rail spur to the Humboldt Mill at Eagle Mine. A Rails-to-trails project was "reverted" for this. http://eaglemine.com/operations/humboldt-mill/
http://eaglemine.com/wp-content/uploads ... ug2014.pdf

Edit: Arg! There's a whole thread dedicated to this
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17924

[Standard Railfan]

Prior to the Mill being refurbished, the largest employer in Humboldt Township was the BP gas station and general store at the corner of M-95 and M-28/US41.

That area really needs the jobs the mining project is creating.

[CAT345C]

When I was up to big bay a few years ago before ground even broke I talked to a kid about 17 or 18 that was really hoping for the Eagle Mine to get approved so he could won't some place else other than the Big Bay IGA.

[redside20]

Sheridan Michigan's Wright Plastic Products is expanding some at their St Clair Twp Plant
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... ties-in-st

Here is there plant at Range Road and Christian B Haas Drive...served by CSX near Marysville.
http://binged.it/ZTXaB7

[redside20]

East Jordan Plastics is adding new business.
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... w-business

[AARR]

East Jordan Plastics is adding new business.
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... w-business

EJP were getting their cars from a siding in Mancelona via transload. However, I haven't heard of any cars there in a while so they might be getting them from Clare or Petoskey now. Northern Logistics operates a big operation in those areas with a large transload yard in Clare and a few other team tracks between Cadillac and Petoskey.

[Raildudes dad]

East Jordan Plastics is adding new business.
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... w-business

South Haven plant, not East Jordan

[AARR]

East Jordan Plastics is adding new business.
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... w-business

South Haven plant, not East Jordan

Thanks, RDD. South Haven does not have rail service so EJP is probably going to get their pellets from a transload somewhere. I see Northern Logistics trucks around the Detroit area so it's conceivable they will also go to west MI.

[Raildudes dad]

East Jordan Plastics is adding new business.
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... w-business

South Haven plant, not East Jordan

Thanks, RDD. South Haven does not have rail service so EJP is probably going to get their pellets from a transload somewhere. I see Northern Logistics trucks around the Detroit area so it's conceivable they will also go to west MI.

Northern Logisitics is seen in GR and RSI has a plastics transload in Hughart

[redside20]

Will there be a little bit more autorack traffic out of Dearborn?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/car ... /17210131/

[redside20]

A longtime CSX customer in Plymouth west of the Diamond has bit the dust...A former Visteon Plant is going bye-bye and is closing
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... s-to-close

This is the facility in question
http://binged.it/1t5qzDL

[Racer]

A longtime CSX customer in Plymouth west of the Diamond has bit the dust...A former Visteon Plant is going by by and is closing
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... s-to-close

This is the facility in question
http://binged.it/1t5qzDL

Wow! There goes the whole purpose of Ford Heater Yard!

[AARR]

A longtime CSX customer in Plymouth west of the Diamond has bit the dust...A former Visteon Plant is going by by and is closing
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... s-to-close

This is the facility in question
http://binged.it/1t5qzDL

Wow! There goes the whole purpose of Ford Heater Yard!

They stopped receiving plastic pellets quite a few years ago. And I haven't seen box cars there in a few years but I'm told they still ship out by rail.

[ns8401]

A longtime CSX customer in Plymouth west of the Diamond has bit the dust...A former Visteon Plant is going by by and is closing
http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/201 ... s-to-close

This is the facility in question
http://binged.it/1t5qzDL

Wow! There goes the whole purpose of Ford Heater Yard!

They stopped receiving plastic pellets quite a few years ago. And I haven't seen box cars there in a few years but I'm told they still ship out by rail.

There were boxcars there visible from M-14 just east of Beck Rd. up until about a month ago maybe. I assume those are for Ford Heater.

[Racer]

They stopped receiving plastic pellets quite a few years ago. And I haven't seen box cars there in a few years but I'm told they still ship out by rail.

They still get 86ft boxcars to this day, but only 2-3 at a time. Nothing like it was 5-10 years ago.