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Re: The Grenada railway and the Crossing parts change Mishap
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:28 am
by ZachL
freebrickproductions wrote:
I'm still amazed that they decided to upgrade the signals only to take the line out of service. Reminds me of a crossing in Scottsboro, AL.
Maybe the signals were put up by CN and not Grenada? That's one possibility.
Re: The Grenada railway and the Crossing parts change Mishap
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 11:45 am
by busman_49
Re: The Grenada railway and the Crossing parts change Mishap
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:27 pm
by ZachL
That crossing is on the Canadian National railway, not Grenada.
Re: The Grenada railway and the Crossing parts change Mishap
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:44 pm
by freebrickproductions
ZachL wrote:freebrickproductions wrote:
I'm still amazed that they decided to upgrade the signals only to take the line out of service. Reminds me of a crossing in Scottsboro, AL.
Maybe the signals were put up by CN and not Grenada? That's one possibility.
That's what I'm personally thinking. Still seems like a waste to abandoned what's pretty much brand new equipment.
Re: The Grenada railway and the Crossing parts change Mishap
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:49 pm
by NSrailfan4life
ZachL wrote:
That crossing is on the Canadian National railway, not Grenada.
You are right. The GRYR Never acquired this line.CN Abandoned it supposedly due to money reasons. A line 50 Miles to the west known as the Yazoo District is heavily used By CN Still today! And goes to from point A to point B just like the Grenada District, which are from New Orleans. Both branch out in Jackson MS, and eventually meet up again in Memphis. This of course is used as a alternative since CN/IC Did not want to operate both at the same time.On the Grenada district there is supposedly a active segment of the line in Memphis used for BNSF operations. Now If CN Planned for abandoment, I do not understand why they couldn't wait a bit longer before swapping the signals.
Re: The Grenada railway and the Crossing parts change Mishap
Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:54 pm
by NSrailfan4life
Heres the link to the GRYR main site.
http://www.grenadarailway.com/
LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE NOT UPDATED IT SINCE 2010!
The site says they STILL own the Grenada to Canton segment.Back in 2010 they tried to make a Embargo on resuming service on this segment. Of course many towns did not like the idea and the embargo was dropped in the summer of 2013.