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NSFan14
September 15th, 2006, 02:16 AM
Does anyone know who bought BC rail
Robbman
September 15th, 2006, 05:41 AM
CN........
BoxcabE50
September 15th, 2006, 05:58 AM
Did CN buy BCR outright? Or was it actually a long term lease?

Boxcab E50
NSFan14
September 15th, 2006, 05:50 PM
Ok thanks you all for the information
Stourbridge Lion
September 15th, 2006, 06:45 PM
Does anyone know who bought BC rail

:yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:
Robbman
September 16th, 2006, 08:13 AM
Did CN buy BCR outright? Or was it actually a long term lease?

Boxcab E50


Long-term lease... but that's just semantics... same way the NS leased the Wabash
BoxcabE50
September 16th, 2006, 04:49 PM
N&W.

Yes. I know. But there have been a few examples over the years, where a company does re-emerge. Such as the Housatonic RR. Or the Providence & Worcester. Those were both 999 year leases, which went into the NYNH&H.

So it is possible, that some day, BCR might come back. Some day...... Perhaps......

Boxcab E50
Robbman
September 16th, 2006, 08:54 PM
N&W.

Nope... I meant NS ;).



But there have been a few examples over the years, where a company does re-emerge. Such as the Housatonic RR. Or the Providence & Worcester. Those were both 999 year leases, which went into the NYNH&H.

So it is possible, that some day, BCR might come back. Some day...... Perhaps......

Boxcab E50

The Housatonic was a new company chartered using an old name, not an assumption of an existing lease.

The P&W was a 99 year lease... and is a case of the existing company breaking a lease (due to the PC takeover of NH)
BoxcabE50
September 16th, 2006, 10:40 PM
Nope... I meant NS ;).

The Housatonic was a new company chartered using an old name, not an assumption of an existing lease.

The P&W was a 99 year lease... and is a case of the existing company breaking a lease (due to the PC takeover of NH)

Not sure where NS fits in. Unless there was a newer lease drawn up. I was referencing the original N&W takeover in 1964.

Yes, It's not the original "Housatonic" company. My point was that some of the original Housatonic track had re-emerged, and was once again an operating entity. And, yes. I know they've much more than that today.

Excuse my typo.... An extra 9 got in there. My point was simply that P&W had re-emerged.

Having been involved with some things I cannot discuss, am aware of some background of BCR situation, which the general public does not know.

Boxcab E50