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Did you know some short lines still uses the term "team track" ?

As do many of the big roads. Team track/House track are common terms in this area. If the track is where the Freight house used to be, well it's still the house track, etc.

I'm aware of a few short lines that are existing almost exclusively off what they can get off line shippers to take delivery of on team tracks along their lines. There are also some that are developing trans-load facilities on their line in order to get business.

Ed,I'm not so sure you should give up the team/transloading track since it still plays a vital roll in some areas in servicing off line customers-unless you want to give those customers up to the truckers..

Just don't think a team/trans-load track fits my industrial spur, but if worse comes to worse, I can certainly go with it. None of my customers ship their finished product by rail, as is so often the case these days and of course shipments of lumber/building products are taken care of by the Lowes facility. If for some reason, I did want to have the rare odd ball shipment of something, that car could just be left at a handy location near a street crossing, even have the crew spot the car on the crossing and wait for it to be unloaded. Have seen that done more than once.