Sadly, that rumor is correct. After 100 years of operation, the Englewood train has ceased operation. Logging is now done by truck. This video seems to have been taken one month before the accident.
Any word on the future of the railway ? For some reason I've been seeing rumours that it's not going to operate any more following that tragic accident earlier this year .
I doubt it'll operate again, sounds like WFP doesn't want to run the railway anymore. Also sounds like they want to close down the Beaver Cove dry sort.
Well, that would be a huge shame. I just can't see there being a better, more economically sensible way to move large volumes of logs than the railway. There has to be more to the story I guess.
when Transport Canada shut down the railway for a few months while they did their investigation , it gave WFP's beancounters time to study the economics of hauling by truck vs. rail, it looks like hauling by truck won. Also by switching to truck it gives them the option of hauling to the existing dry sort at Port MacNeill and closing the now redundant dry sort at Beaver Cove. Apparently the union is fighting this but you know how it is when big corporations get an idea....
Yep, I know about big corporations, using public infrastructure to move the logs rather than a private railway probably seems just peachy to WFP beancounters. Still, seems like it would take a huge number of highway legal logging trucks to move the equivalent of 23,000 or so log cars. I hope the union fights like hell, they need to publicize this issue and soon, before it's too late.
the locals aren't too happy about it, also if the railway shuts down it'll turn the town of Woss into a ghost town. Unfortunately there's far bigger controversies the government is involved in right now, the logging railway just isn't big news. I really hope the union has some pull....
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Sadly, that rumor is correct. After 100 years of operation, the Englewood train has ceased operation. Logging is now done by truck. This video seems to have been taken one month before the accident.
How in the world is 100 logging trucks ment to be more efficient than this
What’s that car on the end of the train? A bathroom?
caboose
What's the tragic accident??
loaded cars ran away and collided with a MOW crew working on the tracks killing 3, seriously injuring 2 others
Any word on the future of the railway ? For some reason I've been seeing rumours that it's not going to operate any more following that tragic accident earlier this year .
I doubt it'll operate again, sounds like WFP doesn't want to run the railway anymore. Also sounds like they want to close down the Beaver Cove dry sort.
Well, that would be a huge shame. I just can't see there being a better, more economically sensible way to move large volumes of logs than the railway. There has to be more to the story I guess.
when Transport Canada shut down the railway for a few months while they did their investigation , it gave WFP's beancounters time to study the economics of hauling by truck vs. rail, it looks like hauling by truck won. Also by switching to truck it gives them the option of hauling to the existing dry sort at Port MacNeill and closing the now redundant dry sort at Beaver Cove. Apparently the union is fighting this but you know how it is when big corporations get an idea....
Yep, I know about big corporations, using public infrastructure to move the logs rather than a private railway probably seems just peachy to WFP beancounters. Still, seems like it would take a huge number of highway legal logging trucks to move the equivalent of 23,000 or so log cars.
I hope the union fights like hell, they need to publicize this issue and soon, before it's too late.
the locals aren't too happy about it, also if the railway shuts down it'll turn the town of Woss into a ghost town. Unfortunately there's far bigger controversies the government is involved in right now, the logging railway just isn't big news. I really hope the union has some pull....