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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by MichaelSol [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by kenneo Since the BN built the Ritzville facility, the cost of land, building and its construction are part of the cost structure that needs to be included into the rail rate in addition to the normal operating costs of fuel, engines, cars, crews, MofW and the normal overhead and debt service and taxes. The other facilities that are on the PCC are owned and operated by the farmer co-ops. The PCC takes care of the gathering costs. [/quote] I understood that the Ritzville Warehouse Co , a farmer-owned co-op, built the shuttle elevator. I am not aware that BNSF has ever built a shuttle elevator. Best regards, Michael Sol [/quote] You couldn't prove it by me either way. The substance of others remarks about the operation was that it was a BN deal. It did sound a bit odd to me that the BN would fund and operate such a facility if there was even a chance of getting someone else to fund it. [/quote] The word from the grapevine ever since the facility was built is that it is a BNSF sponsored project. That leads me to believe that BNSF was responsible for funding and/or other indirect involvement. The facility itself is owned by an LLC. The fact that BNSF no longer provides cars for the large and long standing elevators at Sprague, Ritzville proper, Lind, Paha, and Tokio (though they do continue to serve the fertilizer plant in Tokio), that would lead me to conclude that BNSF itself has a financial stake in the failure or success of the Ritzville shuttle facility, since business given to an existing elevator is business taken away from the shuttle facility.
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