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Update: New rail produce loading center to break ground in Washington state
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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TomDiehl</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by futuremodal</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TomDiehl</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by MichaelSol</i> <br /><br />[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by TomDiehl</i> <br /> A lawsuit for violating a contract could easily surpass the profits made by the new service.[/quote] <br />Well, you'd think. <br /> <br />BNSF violated virtually all of their COTs contracts in the Fall of 2003. <br /> <br />The consequences? <br /> <br />As many guesses as you want. <br /> <br />Best regards, Michael Sol <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Sounding more and more like they're on the verge of a UP style service meltdown. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />Wasn't the whole UP meltdown based on their seeming inability to "borg" SP into their system, and not really related to basic UP service dynamics? <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />They could easily have the same end result from taking on more traffic than they can handle, be it a shortfall of the rolling stock, operating personnel, or the network capacity. The UP thing threw too much of the traffic into certain areas causing major bottlenecks to become outright choke points that brought traffic to a screeching halt. THAT was where the customer saw the service meltdown. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />My opinion was that the UP meltdown was caused by trying to integrate two disparate systems. It wasn't the traffic levels, it was more like trying to mate a fish with a bicycle.
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