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The big issue is that the port in Vancouver is now essentially an island. Rail is impacted by this as well.
by skeeter2020 5y ago
The big issue is that the port in Vancouver is now essentially an island. Rail is impacted by this as well.
- arcticbull 5y agoIt's essentially a peninsula, it still has road and rail links to Washington State.
- bialpio 5y agoIt's effectively become a Canadian version of Port Roberts. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Roberts,_Washington
- iso1631 5y agoExcept Point Roberts (not Port) is just a residential area that isn't self sufficient in any way, and doesn't have thousands of containers arriving for shipping inland
- bialpio 5y agoSigh, brain lag. At least the wiki link I pasted was correct. Nothing to add to your point about self-sufficiency, my intent was to draw parallels to the comment I was responding to. ("It's [Vancouver] essentially a peninsula, it still has road and rail links to Washington State." <=> "It's [Point Roberts] a peninsula, it still has road links to British Columbia.").
- adrianpike 5y agoNorthbound I5 is flooded in Washington, however, so still not a great route for the next day or so: https://twitter.com/wspd7pio/status/1460623860944932864 https://twitter.com/wspd7pio/status/1460623860944932864
- Scoundreller 5y agoThe CP mainline that washed out will take a while to fix, but the other mainline, CN, doesn’t seem to have taken any serious damage. They’ll definitely have some cleanup somewhere, but that happens after every storm. I hope the two have some mutual aid agreement to bypass over each others tracks.
- seryoiupfurds 5y agoAs far as I understand it, they already share their tracks in routine service, using one westbound and the other eastbound. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-track_railway#Directional_running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-track_railway#Direction... > A similar example exists in the Fraser Canyon in British Columbia, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific each own a single track line - often on either side of the river. The companies have a joint arrangement where they share resources and operate the canyon as a double track line between meeting points near Mission and Ashcroft.[22]
- Scoundreller 5y ago“Competitors” sharing networks is such a Canadian tradition. Just like 2 of our 3 big cellular companies (Bell and Telus) sharing a single network.
- version_five 5y agoI'm guessing its your point, but to spell it out, canada has oligopolies or monopolies, it doesnt have competitors at least in telecom and banking. From what I understand (like the recent Kansas? railway acquisition) CN and CP may actually be more in competition than some other industries. There is some complexity because part of the tradeoff for being granted oligo/monopoly status is the requirement to allow others on their network (e.g. for telco so maybe also for rail - I know they have to let Via, even if it's on a low priority basis). But overall, the business environment in canada is much closer to some kind of aristocracy or feudal system than an actual competitive landscape. Maybe that's true everywhere and just not as easy to see.
- Jemm 5y agoSounds bad for supply chain.
- vkou 5y agoThe big issue is that half of Abbotsford may well turn into a lake, and Chilliwack will become completely cut off from the world (because of damage to the highways further east, and the flooding in Abbotsford.) And unlike Vancouver, it can't just get food and animal feed brought in by ship/from the Peace Arch border crossing.
- soperj 5y agoIt was originally a lake, so... probably shouldn't have built there.