UPS bullet train

[Anonymous]

Does anyone out there know how th new UPS speedster the UP and CSX are operating on Tues a.m. out of L.A. and Little Ferry, N.J. are doing? Are they making their running times and how are the loadings? Are there any web sites one may plug into to get detailed running-time info?

Bill McDonald

[Anonymous]

Does anyone out there know how th new UPS speedster the UP and CSX are operating on Tues a.m. out of L.A. and Little Ferry, N.J. are doing? Are they making their running times and how are the loadings? Are there any web sites one may plug into to get detailed running-time info?

Bill McDonald

[JoeKoh]

Bill
They had an article in trains a few months ago.Its basically who wants it.BNSF/NS or UP/CSX.It would help BNSF/NS if the train would be handed over at Kansas City and Taken by ns there. It would avoid the Chicago area.
stay safe
joe [:)]

[JoeKoh]

Bill
They had an article in trains a few months ago.Its basically who wants it.BNSF/NS or UP/CSX.It would help BNSF/NS if the train would be handed over at Kansas City and Taken by ns there. It would avoid the Chicago area.
stay safe
joe [:)]

[Anonymous]

The lead news story in the September issue of Trains details and explains the UPS train that UP and CSX began running early this month. It is operated via Chicago.

[Anonymous]

The lead news story in the September issue of Trains details and explains the UPS train that UP and CSX began running early this month. It is operated via Chicago.

[JoeKoh]

thanks mark. I haven't got my copy yet.
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

thanks mark. I haven't got my copy yet.
stay safe
joe

[Anonymous]

The article in Sept. '03 Trains on UPS Bullet Train is great!

The internet searches I've done so far indicate that the UP AC6000's are the standard power even on CSX. Can anyone confirm this? If this is not the case, what other power has been reported on these trains?

[Anonymous]

The article in Sept. '03 Trains on UPS Bullet Train is great!

The internet searches I've done so far indicate that the UP AC6000's are the standard power even on CSX. Can anyone confirm this? If this is not the case, what other power has been reported on these trains?

[JoeKoh]

they proably just use up as run through power to save time but I will keep looking.
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

they proably just use up as run through power to save time but I will keep looking.
stay safe
joe

[eolafan]

Like the TRAINS article on this subject essentially said, you can give superior service but not ask for a higher price for it...numbers seem to be everything these days...oh, for the good old days when you got what you paid for!

[eolafan]

Like the TRAINS article on this subject essentially said, you can give superior service but not ask for a higher price for it...numbers seem to be everything these days...oh, for the good old days when you got what you paid for!

[Anonymous]

If I were a class 1 railroad, that is one contract I would NOT want. It's too risky. BNSF was smart to walk away from that deal. I wander how long U.P. can keep up with that schedule before they call it quits. There is no way that train can make profit, they will be lucky to recover fuel costs.
TIM A

[Anonymous]

If I were a class 1 railroad, that is one contract I would NOT want. It's too risky. BNSF was smart to walk away from that deal. I wander how long U.P. can keep up with that schedule before they call it quits. There is no way that train can make profit, they will be lucky to recover fuel costs.
TIM A

[Anonymous]

Yes it may be true that the profit margin may be alim, but if you can show on time performance it gets other business.




Tom
Retired Snake
God Bless the Great Northern

[Anonymous]

Yes it may be true that the profit margin may be alim, but if you can show on time performance it gets other business.




Tom
Retired Snake
God Bless the Great Northern

[Trainnut484]

Santa Fe had the UPS contract. The train #s were 199 and 991. The 199 was the hottest of the hotshots and woe to the dispatcher for putting it in the siding. Watching it fly by at speed was something else.

Wonder If UP can keep the performance schedule?

[Trainnut484]

Santa Fe had the UPS contract. The train #s were 199 and 991. The 199 was the hottest of the hotshots and woe to the dispatcher for putting it in the siding. Watching it fly by at speed was something else.

Wonder If UP can keep the performance schedule?

[eolafan]

This is one train I would love to see at track speed. Anybody know how and when and where it comes into Chicago metro? Jim

[eolafan]

This is one train I would love to see at track speed. Anybody know how and when and where it comes into Chicago metro? Jim

[JoeKoh]

according to the article in trains it comes into Mccook Illinois at 1 am wed eastbound and 1230 am thur westbound.check pg 9 for sure.Bring your thermos full of coffee.
stay safe
joe

[JoeKoh]

according to the article in trains it comes into Mccook Illinois at 1 am wed eastbound and 1230 am thur westbound.check pg 9 for sure.Bring your thermos full of coffee.
stay safe
joe

[Anonymous]

Hi There

The UPS bullet rain brings back memories of the Super C. It was short lived because it had to be expidited , consumed to much fuel , destroyed to much track and more often than not made tossed salads out the produce it hauled from LA to Chicago. What has changed to make the UP UPS train work so much better ??

[Anonymous]

Hi There

The UPS bullet rain brings back memories of the Super C. It was short lived because it had to be expidited , consumed to much fuel , destroyed to much track and more often than not made tossed salads out the produce it hauled from LA to Chicago. What has changed to make the UP UPS train work so much better ??

[Anonymous]

It is a fact, we (BNSF) have the best transcon line, pure logistics! I hear tell that we lost 2-3 trains a day outta K.C to Uncle Pete. The UP is rumored to be running at 79 MPH to make up time. Hopefully they will blow it and we will get it back. We were late on 3-5 trains a month and UPS said no way to that. Thanks to remotes at Turner. The Santa Fe mentality sucks....they want to put all of their eggs in pigs and forget about what really makes big revenue.......MEMKCK, KCKMEM, Coal, etc. The profits are so much greater on mixed freight and commodities than containers and pigs it isn't even funny! Anything to get rid of locals and switch crews. Santa Fe all the way.......to the next siding.
Ken

[Anonymous]

It is a fact, we (BNSF) have the best transcon line, pure logistics! I hear tell that we lost 2-3 trains a day outta K.C to Uncle Pete. The UP is rumored to be running at 79 MPH to make up time. Hopefully they will blow it and we will get it back. We were late on 3-5 trains a month and UPS said no way to that. Thanks to remotes at Turner. The Santa Fe mentality sucks....they want to put all of their eggs in pigs and forget about what really makes big revenue.......MEMKCK, KCKMEM, Coal, etc. The profits are so much greater on mixed freight and commodities than containers and pigs it isn't even funny! Anything to get rid of locals and switch crews. Santa Fe all the way.......to the next siding.
Ken

[Anonymous]

I've read that the GE AC6000CW's (aka C60AC's) are presently rated for a top speed of 74 mph, pending a possible software upgrade which would allow for them to travel at 79 mph.

Since I live in the Chicago area, I can't imagine when I will ever have a chance to go see the train, since it goes through between 12:30-1:15 am, and I live about 40 minutes away from the Santa Fe and IHB main lines. If anyone does have a chance to catch this train, please share what power you've seen on it so far, and for those of you who see it on CSX, whether solid UP power is in fact running through all the way to Jersey.

[Anonymous]

I've read that the GE AC6000CW's (aka C60AC's) are presently rated for a top speed of 74 mph, pending a possible software upgrade which would allow for them to travel at 79 mph.

Since I live in the Chicago area, I can't imagine when I will ever have a chance to go see the train, since it goes through between 12:30-1:15 am, and I live about 40 minutes away from the Santa Fe and IHB main lines. If anyone does have a chance to catch this train, please share what power you've seen on it so far, and for those of you who see it on CSX, whether solid UP power is in fact running through all the way to Jersey.