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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by PNWRMNM Dave, The Ports will support your proposal as a reflex action because they think it is in their interest. Their support tells you nothing of terminal issues. The Ports are not running the terminals. Somebody in the Port of Tacoma would know the capacity situation in Tacoma since it is their facility on the Muni. BNSF operates SIG in Seattle. Going to Tacoma you have to use the Muni to get to the IM terminal(s). I am not familiar with operational details there but I really doubt that the muni will work for free. Your answer is long on generalities and short on fact which confirms my point that you do not have the information, data, or facts to support your conclusion that open access is the solution to your problem. You have not convinced me you know what the problem really was. If you are familiar with railroad's general statements they admit that short haul intermodal does not work for moves of less that 500-800 miles. I believe the reason for that is that it takes that much of the rail's linehaul advantage to overcome the costs of terminals and drays, which are major cost components that the trucker does not have. The BNSF is not stupid. They would not turn down profitable business, so I can only conclude your move was not profitable regardless of what your third party told you. BNSF is disciplined enough not to do dumb stuff like take business that does not pay. Mac [/quote] Mac, could you contact me via email please? Thanks.
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