Blue Seal workers to be laid off in Bow

[Jon Miner]

WMUR (Manchester, NH) reported today that Blue Seal will lay off workers as the plant in Bow is relocating to Vermont.

<http://www.wmur.com/news/nh-news/Blue-Seal-workers-to-be-laid-off-in-Bow/-/9857858/19424208/-/9rthrw/-/index.html>

Blue Seal is served by PanAm; receiving grain by rail.

- Jon

[G Kenson]

Looks as if Pete Dearness got out when he did. That was one of his top customers.  

 

Thanks for the info

G Kenson

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[RICHARD HOSKING]

Curious where in Vermont. Expanding the plant on Richford, purchasing an existing plant or building new. 

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[Jon Miner]

Blue Seal has a plant in Brandon, VT.  served by Vermont Rail System.

<https://maps.google.com/maps?q=blue+seal+brandon+vermont&hl=en&ll=43.793882,-73.087385&spn=0.001963,0.005284&client=firefox-a&hq=blue+seal&hnear=Brandon,+Rutland,+Vermont&t=h&z=18>

- Jon

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[RICHARD HOSKING]

Forgot about that one. Does it still blend feed and deliver bulkcor is it just a factory store?

On Mar 22, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Jon Miner <cp_...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Blue Seal has a plant in Brandon, VT. served by Vermont Rail System.
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> <https://maps.google.com/maps?q=blue+seal+brandon+vermont&hl=en&ll=43.793882,-73.087385&spn=0.001963,0.005284&client=firefox-a&hq=blue+seal&hnear=Brandon,+Rutland,+Vermont&t=h&z=18>
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> - Jon

[Jon Miner]

 Maybe one of out Vermont members can answer that? The aerial photo makes it look like the two plants are of similar size.

The article in the Concord Monitor <http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/5270361-95/plant-feed-company-sichterman> states that the layoff only effects the bagged feeds.  Blue Seal will continue to deliver bulk feed and operate their company store in Bow.  I guess one could speculate that fewer small farms/livestock owners would mean less demand for pre-bagged feeds; commercial farms would want to buy bulk products.   Vermont might have more smaller farms, and greater demand for bagged feed?  Purely speculation on my part...

This might have a minimal effect on the overall number of railroad loads? I'm sure that Blue Seal would still like to see the return of 5-day/week rail services.

- Jon

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[RICHARD HOSKING]

Richford is on the MMA so Blue Seal gets 5 day a week service usually. 

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[Jon Miner]

Blue Seal also has a plant at Richford, VT on CP.  Rumor has it that CP switches them five-days a week.

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[Jon Miner]

Opps... Richford is on the MMA...  so much for cut-n-pasting from my source...

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[RICHARD HOSKING]

CP sold lines years ago. Now they are MMA lines. 

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[dave pierson]

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20130517/US--Trains.Collide-Conn/?

Nearly 50 injured as Conn. commuter trains collide

SUSAN HAIGH, AP
34 minutes ago

Emergency workers arrive the scene of a train collision, Friday, may 17, 20...

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Two commuter trains serving
New York City collided in Connecticut during
Friday's evening rush hour, injuring about 50 people,
authorities said. There were no reports of fatalities.

The Metro-North Railroad, a commuter line serving the
northern suburbs, referred in a news release to a
"major derailment" near Fairfield, just outside Bridgeport.
It said emergency workers were at the scene of the accident,
which came shortly after 6 p.m.

Bill Kaempffer, a spokesman for Bridgeport public safety,
told The Associated Press approximately 49 people were injured,
including four with serious injuries. About 250 people were
on board the two trains, he said.

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Associated Press