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Was listening to National Public Radio this AM about hiring longshoremen in Los Angeles. Here's a summary: 1) There are 3000 job openings. There are 300,000 applications, so many that California is having a lottery to pick applicants. 2) Container ships were mentioned. One state official said that import traffic had expected to increase 7%- now they are expecting something in the neighborhood of double or triple that, which is why they're hiring. It would seem to me that unloading containers is just step one in the process. If the Port of Los Angeles is catching a 14% annual increase in intermodal (container) traffic, and- -only two railroads- BNSF and UP- serve LA, does this not mean that BNSF and UP should reasonably expect a 14% increase in intermodal traffic? How would this effect hiring patterns for the railroads? What effect does something like this have on traffic planning for the railroads? Is this a seasonal event, like grain trains in the fall? Erik
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