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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TomDiehl</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br /><br />Alas, it is UP (along with CSX), not BNSF, who is the willing partner in investing in domestic producers.... <br /> <br />http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/7328194p-7240288c.html <br /> <br />Some items of interest: <br /> <br />- Initial service will be once a week, and is expected to grow to twice a week. <br /> <br />Question: How can UP/CSX offer a dedicated 4 day service cross country but BNSF can't even offer 4 day service for a 200 mile sprint to Puget Sound?: <br /> <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Probably for the same reason this service is going East instead of West and Pacific Rim. <br /> <br />Notice the UP isn't offering service to the west coast from this loading point. I guess they had the same problem solving that equation that BNSF did. <br /> <br />Dedicated 4 day service? Imagining things again Dave? <br /> <br />Cut and paste from article: <br /> <br />That service will come from Union Pacific and CSX Transportation, two railroad giants that will share the duty of making sure the weekly train from Wallula reaches the East Coast in less than a week. <br /> <br />Four days IS les than a week, but don't see the article mentioning that fast a service to Albany. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />you apparently missed the part about the service expanding to twice a week after a while. <br /> <br />Cut and pasted from article: <br /> <br />"Part of the plan calls for increasing the number of trains to two or more a week -- a decision that will depend on demand, said Union Pacific spokesman Mark Davis." <br /> <br />What you are also (predictably) missing is that this service is what the customer wants, and UP/CSX are obliging. For the record, Northwest Container does run a double stack service to Puget Sound out of this area.......but via UP, not BNSF. <br /> <br />Why can UP do with one line what BNSF can't seem to do with three lines to the same ports of Puget Sound? <br /> <br />
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