Appalachicola Northern BAYL 511 - Nothing to do         
This may be taken as a complete heresy by my railfan friends, but there appears that there is not enough traffic to keep the AN in operation. If nothing changes in the near future it needs to be scrapped out
Date: 12/30/2010 Location: Port Saint Joe, FL Views: 472 Collection Of:  
Locomotives: BAYL 511(GP38)    Author:  Larry De Bert
Appalachicola Northern BAYL 511  - Nothing to do
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David Barrentine General I think they still have one or two customers on the line. They have two Bay Line loco's there the 2010, & 511. It's a shame they couldn't breath some life into that line. The new Gov said he's going to expand all Florida ports, who knows maybe St. Joe will become a port again. 1/6/2011 3:07:39 PM
Atlanta Rails General I certainly dont advocate scrapping it, but one must wonder why G&W even wanted this line, abandonment looks pretty likely, it was in the pits when I visted back in 2007 or so, but now even Arizona Chemical is gone. Surpised they havn't resorted to filling the line up with storage cars yet. 2/2/2011 11:37:57 AM
Switchman Images General Definitely an interesting situation to say the least. I shot the #2010 here about 3 weeks prior to your sighting, Larry. Can't figure where they keep the other unit, b/c photos seem to indicate only 1 unit in PSJ at any given time. :( 4/16/2011 9:11:33 PM
Russ Ivey General Hey guys. I was reading some of yall's comments on why G&W would want this line and I found this. 7/10/2011 11:39:59 PM
Russ Ivey General Hey guys. I was reading some of yall's comments on why G&W would want this line and I found this. http://www.portofportstjoe.com/pdf/Port%20St.%20Joe%20TIGER%20II%20Grant%20Application.%208.23.10.pdf It seems they have a pretty intensive plan to re vitalize this port. Don't know if they got approved for the grant though. Interesting reading. 7/10/2011 11:41:21 PM
Michael Appleby General Back in 2010 i got shots of 511. I recently viewed the line at apalchiola, abandonment may be likely south of hosford FL. AN operates service to a plant in hosford. 3/28/2013 10:24:09 PM

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