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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jeaton There is so very little in the article, it could hardly be called the "whole" story. Granted many years ago, but having been involved in setting up specialized, just for one customer, train services, I can say that it takes much more than "OK, we can do that", even if there very good bucks in the deal. Looking at this story on the surface, it very much appears that the shippers have the attitude the the freight railroads must do anything they are asked to do, without regard to revenue adequacy. To me that is like telling GM they must sell Cadillacs at Chevrolet prices. [/quote] No, it's about THE basic principle of business - Give the customer what they want, and you'll have their business. There is nothing in the desires of the produce shippers or the intermodal firm doing all the leg work that is not easily achievable on BNSF's part. All BNSF is being asked to do is the run a dedicated consist from Point A to Point B every four days at 5 miles an hour less than the industry average transit speed of 25 mph. Hardly an outrageous demand, except perhaps for an industry seemingly dedicated to fostering inefficiencies when it comes to freight that originates domestically. The implication being haphazardly thrown out by BNSF's defenders is that the customer is being unreasonable, a contention that is laughable in face of the basic facts.
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