Is this corn oil coming from The Anderson's ethanol plant in Hartung (Albion)? If yes, why would they transload on other railroads which involves trucking the product rather than load on their own inter-plant spur?
Does anyone know what is being loaded into the tank cars?
Corn oil - the Andersons.
“It’s all about price. Andersons were trucking corn oil from its Albion biofuel processing plat to Coldwater to load into rail cars for shipment to Louisiana. Canadian National Railroad gave a better price so now the corn oil is trucked to Lansing to connect to that rail line.”
When the corn oil was trucked to IN in Coldwater, IN would hand the cars back to NS in Montpelier. The Anderson's could have loaded at their Albion plant serviced by NS and skipped the cost of trucking and transloading on IN. Yet, somehow it was cheaper to transload .
I would love to be on the inside of these price calculations to see how it can be cheaper to transload vs. using direct dock service.
Is this corn oil coming from The Anderson's ethanol plant in Hartung (Albion)? If yes, why would they transload on other railroads which involves trucking the product rather than load on their own inter-plant spur?
“It’s all about price. Andersons were trucking corn oil from its Albion biofuel processing plat to Coldwater to load into rail cars for shipment to Louisiana. Canadian National Railroad gave a better price so now the corn oil is trucked to Lansing to connect to that rail line.”
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
When the corn oil was trucked to IN in Coldwater, IN would hand the cars back to NS in Montpelier. The Anderson's could have loaded at their Albion plant serviced by NS and skipped the cost of trucking and transloading on IN. Yet, somehow it was cheaper to transload .
I would love to be on the inside of these price calculations to see how it can be cheaper to transload vs. using direct dock service.
Is this corn oil coming from The Anderson's ethanol plant in Hartung (Albion)? If yes, why would they transload on other railroads which involves trucking the product rather than load on their own inter-plant spur?
“It’s all about price. Andersons were trucking corn oil from its Albion biofuel processing plat to Coldwater to load into rail cars for shipment to Louisiana. Canadian National Railroad gave a better price so now the corn oil is trucked to Lansing to connect to that rail line.”
I was told that The Andersons In Albion gets three unit trains-worth of corn a week trucked from Breckenridge. It’s cheaper than trying to send it by rail. It’s a massive facility but by transloading on JAIL they now have connections with CN, CSX and NS. Most goes via CN but all three RRs ship the cars.
I was told that The Andersons In Albion gets three unit trains-worth of corn a week trucked from Breckenridge. It’s cheaper than trying to send it by rail. It’s a massive facility but by transloading on JAIL they now have connections with CN, CSX and NS. Most goes via CN but all three RRs ship the cars.
PatC created a monster, 'cause nobody wants to see Don Simon no more they want AARR I'm chopped liver, well if you want AARR this is what I'll give ya, bad humor mixed with irrelevant info that'll make you roll your eyes quicker than a ~Z~ banhammer...
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:22pm. WAMX 4125 and WAMX 4124 with a whole zero cars, lite power... been ages since I've seen what's basically not a train.
Grand Elk north through Byron Center at 1:22 pm. WAMX 4125 and WAMX 4124 with a whole zero cars, lite power... been ages since I've seen what's basically not a train.
GDLK north through 54th Wyoming Area at 1:34 pm. Clear horns were heard and no visual
Average railfan reporter on Grand Rapids Sub, Plymouth Sub, and Area Short Lines Railroads.
Late report. HESR’s 805 job went from Vassar to Gera tonight to switch Star of the West. Power was 2026 & 3865. I could not stick around long enough to see how many cars they left with or if they went back to Vassar or straight to Saginaw.
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