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Originally Posted by Guipos08
I always wondered why they just couldn't move all the csx rail traffic to the west side of the Schuylkill. Just moving the traffic to the west side doesn't mean they would need to build new rails. Whether on the east or west side of the river all the tracks can funnel to the same tracks elsewhere. I know it's not easy to just move everything to the west side but it would be awesome to have a riverbank like something you would see in many Erupoean cities without crude tanker cars passing by. Just a wish that's all.
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There's a yard under Devil's Pocket, and (besides the main line) the yard leads lead all the way up to South Street. The way the yard is positioned, it's pretty much impossible to put new leads in without significant infrastructure investment in its own right.
Also I wouldn't be surprised if CSX is leery of running two trains across the High Line at the same time -- the thing desperately needs maintenance -- and NS and Canadian Pacific both use it to access Greenwich Yard via Arsenal bridge and the 25th St. El., which means that operations across the High Line are a fair bit more complicated than along the old B&O route on the east side of the Schuylkill.
And bear in mind Drexel would love to claim the High Line for its own!
No, there are no easy solutions to freight routing to the city's key transshipment termini.