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News Wire: UP remains committed to new Texas hump yard, but may use it differently

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Posted by BaltACD on Sunday, March 10, 2019 4:39 PM

kgbw49
Perhaps they will drop their capital investment and not build a hump and then install a regional intermodal terminal or such.

More concerning is UP borrowing another $3 billion, approximately doubling their long term debt five years since 2014 to approximately $28 billion in 2019 per their information. One would think that at the next economic downturn they are going to have a lot of interest expense locked in to pay out of Operating Income, thereby lowering Net Income and potentially impacting dividend payouts. One could suppose that UP expects to keep increasing revenue annually through any downturn. But we all know history shows that revenue can indeed drop in recessionary times.

See slides 11, 12, 13, 14 on the presentation from the JP Morgan Transportation Conference on 03/06/19:

https://www.up.com/cs/groups/public/@uprr/@investor/documents/investordocuments/pdf_up_2019_jpm_presentation.pdf

Hedge Fund playbook - incur debt and spin the proceeds off in dividends.

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Sunday, March 10, 2019 4:32 PM

3 to 5 years ago UP proposed building a new yard on the ex-SP Golden State Route in the vicinityof Red Rock - Picacho, AZ.  However, last time I checked nothing had been started on it. 

Coords. of the wye at Picacho, where the Phoenix branch leaves the main line: N 32.72527 W 111.51140 

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Posted by kgbw49 on Thursday, March 7, 2019 11:07 AM

Perhaps they will drop their capital investment and not build a hump and then install a regional intermodal terminal or such.

More concerning is UP borrowing another $3 billion, approximately doubling their long term debt five years since 2014 to approximately $28 billion in 2019 per their information. One would think that at the next economic downturn they are going to have a lot of interest expense locked in to pay out of Operating Income, thereby lowering Net Income and potentially impacting dividend payouts. One could suppose that UP expects to keep increasing revenue annually through any downturn. But we all know history shows that revenue can indeed drop in recessionary times.

See slides 11, 12, 13, 14 on the presentation from the JP Morgan Transportation Conference on 03/06/19:

https://www.up.com/cs/groups/public/@uprr/@investor/documents/investordocuments/pdf_up_2019_jpm_presentation.pdf

 

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Posted by zardoz on Thursday, March 7, 2019 8:32 AM

BaltACD
The only thing 'different' in using a hump yard is not using it? 

Oscar Wilde sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uycsfu4574w

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Posted by BaltACD on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 5:00 PM

The only thing 'different' in using a hump yard is not using it?  I have no idea what UP's operating plan called for in building the facility, nor do I have any idea what their PSR plan will call for in utilizing the facility.  Humps are either used or they are not.

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 2:59 PM

Railroad may look for additional 'executive-level individuals' to help with Precision Scheduled Railroading

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/03/06-union-pacific-remains-committed-to-new-texas-hump-yard-but-may-use-it-differently

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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