James Sanchez
Have fun with your trains
QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Wow.......not to state the obvious but there really is a lot more to this issue isn't there?
QUOTE: Originally posted by MP57313 Actually there are several cranes out there; they are visible from a distance. Meanwhile, several of the port-area tracks were newly constructed or majorly rebuilt around 2000-2001. Not all of them, of course, but a good number (will send scanned photos if requested--I don't have my own website). The photo accompanying today's Daily Breeze article showed two long rows of trucks waiting in line, next to a partly empty (perfectly straight) multiple-track rail yard. vsmith's comments about the freeways...the 110 eases up Saturday mornings but the 710 is constantly clogged with trucks, and the pavement has a lot of cracks and pot-holes. It's a "white knuckle" drive on the 710 trying to fit one's car between all the big rigs. I avoid the 710 now (even though it has "great scenery"---it passes over the BNSF Hobart Yard and the UP East LA/Commerce yard)
QUOTE: Originally posted by tabiery Why on earth should any American who still has a job worry about west coast port congestion?
QUOTE: Originally posted by MP57313 The local truck drivers are frustrated though...sometimes it takes up to 7 hours waiting in line before they get a container to haul. The drivers are only paid for the haul, not the wait, and 10-20% of drivers are quitting this route because they can't make a living this way. According to the Daily Breeze, one trucking firm, Transport Express Inc., has been asking customers to pay $55-$75/hour to cover the trucker's wait time.
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