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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by NS2317 I think the most interesting part of the article states how shippers where caught putting their eggs in one basket by using the trucking industry. After November when a rockslide closed Snoqualmie Pass traffic, they suddenly realized the importance of rail as an "alternative" solution. Now they want to suddenly hype BNSF's response as unreasonable. Sounds to me as if BNSF felt like they were being treated as some kind of transportation "safety valve" when shippers are caught with their pants down. Anyway, they said they needed 4 day service. That is 96 hours. BNSF came back with a quote of 100hrs or 4.16 days. That's a 4 hour difference. Granted, produce is a time sensitive commodity, but come on. Especially when the stuff is probably taking the slow boat to China, anyway? There has to be more than meets the eyes here. [/quote] I have to tell ya, they want the stuff ASAP. I have hauled out of there and frankly the schedules are draconian with recievers that extremly get irate and dance with rage if your average speed drops too much during transit. Im pretty sure they can probably get together and establish a railroad to get the stuff closer to where the trucking is rather than have the truckers fight the mountains for 6 hours to get to Yakima or similar. How bout them apples eh?
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