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WATCO abandoning service on Washington State owned lines! (read: BNSF does it again!)
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Update: According to radio news reports from KCLX AM 840 out of Colfax Washington, the surcharge increase for the WATCO operations over the ex-BN Marshall to Pullman lines goes from $250 per car to $870 per car. Since KCLX does not have a website, I contacted the Rail Frieght Office of the Washington State DOT to further clarify the information. They stated that the $250 surcharge was imposed in November of 2005 (just a few months ago), and that has been subsequently increased to $870 starting sometime in January of 2006, e.g. right now. It should also be noted that this surcharge only applies to the shippers on the ex-BN lines of the PCC, and not the ex-UP lines. <br /> <br />Apparrently, the $250 surcharge just wasn't enough to kill off the pesky service........
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