Iron Hill Brewery has some very nice hoppy beers.

All the oldheads on the railroad tell you that the number of cars we haul is an economic indicator (makes sense). A few months ago, trains were REAL short. 30-70 cars. But in the past few months, freight has been going up a lot. Now we have 80-150 cars in the same trains.

So if the legend holds true, the economy may be heading for an improvement.

I thought the same thing a couple months ago when started to see a lot more freight on the roads. However, spring came and went and the reports are most of it ended being sold to liquidators or at massive sale prices. One can hope for improvement, but the reality is looking a little grim. As long as new jobs are not being created, people are not going to spend money and any recovery will be postponed.

What are you hauling, new office furniture for Washington, D.C.?

Actually it's trainloads of people for the new park city/dillerville rd. FEMA camp.

But, yeah, freight seems to be on the upswing. Even the yard in Lancaster is doing pretty good. I think the container/truck trailer business we have is still a little weak, but the general freight is getting a lot better. Let's hope it is a sign of things to come. Yesterday on our train we hauled 14 cars of big rocks. I'm talking about smart-car sized rocks. Really big rocks. So, maybe invest in really big rocks*?

*-this was the first time I ever hauled big rocks like this, so it was pretty cool.