02-24-2020, 01:10 PM
(02-24-2020, 12:33 PM).taylortbb Wrote:(02-24-2020, 12:22 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: First of all, this is simply not true, the region could say no to freight. It wouldn't be a good idea and it would probably result in expensive lawsuits but there is nothing protected about freight.
The Region's agreement with CN was in a council report. The agreement very specifically includes the region's right to terminate freight service at contract renewal, which is every few years, if it interferes excessively with ION operations.
I think the reason they won't is that ending CN service to Elmira would effectively force the Chemtura plant to close, and everyone to lose their job. The news story would then be "ION causes loss of hundreds (thousands?) of jobs" .
Chemtura is I think the biggest employer in Elmira.
I think Chemtura employs fewer than 200 people at the Elmira plant.