
Anthracite Railroads - CNJ, L&HR, LNE, LV and RDG.General Discussion: Fallen Trolley and Interurban Lines.Railroading and Railfanning by Region and State.

New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT.New York City Area Wide Rail Transit Issues (Cross-Agency).MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtDOT Passenger Rail.Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA).Florida Commuter Rail: Metrorail, Sunrail, Tri-Rail and Proposals.DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro).Canadian Passenger Operations: AMT, Go Transit, VIA, etc.California Commuter, Rail Transit, and High Speed Rail (HSR).Brightline Trains LLC (formerly All Aboard Florida and Virgin).The filing also includes several aerial images of the site, which do seem to show signs of sand mining, and a site plan of future site development, which may be as real as the original "spaghetti-bowl-style" track layout with loops within loops, which of course never came to pass. There is more info in the filing, linked to in my first paragraph above, Red-lettering features which the plan reveals. "FIRE SAFETY ANALYSIS" document is provided as Exhibit B, wherein we highlighted in "PROPANE TRANSFER ST A TION" on the 100 acre parcel. "AGGREGATE STORAGE AREA" on the 28 acre parcel and (4) a 262,500 square foot The 28 acre parcel (2) an "ASPHALT CEMENT TERMINAL" on the 28 acre parcel (3) an That document shows, among other things, (1) a "POLYMER PLANT" on Reveals hints at what activities Sills Road (the non-railroad carrier which deals inĬonstruction aggregate and other materials) or others, plans to conduct on the 28 acre and 100Īcre parcels, including the "manufacturing" activity which Gannett Fleming's letter had Involve extension of the facility onto an adjacent approximatelyĩ3-acre site and involve construction of an additional 12.500 linearįeet of internal track to support future warehousing/manufacturing The existing Brookhaven Rail Terminal is a 28-acre parcel withĪpproximately 12,800 linear feet of rail track and a connection In a recent Februletter from the BRT's construction manager, Gannettįleming, Inc., the current expansion project is described as: The BRT's website describes its current expansion plan as vastly different from the Sites for the unlawful burial of construction debris

Additionally, the Town believes BRT is also unlawfully using the combined
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The Town Code restrictions on tree and vegetation clearing, soil removal and excavations, and
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Using the claim of a spur track extension as a subterfuge to avoid application of the full brunt of The Town believes BRT and the owner of its property who is in the business of using and selling construction materials and constructionaggregate, Sills Road Realty, LLC, are in whole or in part conducting non-railroad activities at the site, are illegally selling the excavated soil for profit without complying with law, and are Which can only be described as illegal soil mining. The 100 acre parcel with tremendous and unapproved excavation activities deep below grade, Minor clearing and re-grading along the track line, BRT has recently excavated a vast swath of Guise of constructing a supposed "spur" line extension into the adjoining 100 acre site with York, which over the past seven years has had a controversial history before this BoardĪs shown below, such action by the Board is especially urgent here when, under the This letter concerns theīrookhaven Rail Terminal (BRT), located in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New We are special legal counsel for the Town of Brookhaven. This was filed this past Friday (March 14, 2014) by the Town of Brookhaven with the STB: The intent, to my understanding, is to run the track over to the east side of the parcel and put in a loop track.

Saucejstuder wrote:No new track work yet, no.
