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ns and bnsf
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 10, 2001 5:18 PM
the other day I heard about ns and bnsf posibly making a deal to run a straight shot from east to west. I don't know if there is anyting to it. Has anyone eles heard about this, or is it old news.

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Posted by wabash1 on Thursday, May 10, 2001 7:01 PM
well its kinda old news yes they are taking intermodel from coast to coast its supposed to cut down 1-2 days of wait time on the consignee. the problem in intermodel was in the interchange wait. now they are run thru. they only info not given to us was if we will use the same power all the way or put or power on at interchange.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, May 11, 2001 10:03 PM
THERE ARE TWO, ONE BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH (ATLANTA?) VIA KCS HAULAGE. THIS HAS BEEN IN SERVICE FOR SOME MONTHS. THE NEW ONE IS BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND THE NORTHEAST. FOR DETAILS SEE BNSF AND NS WEBSITES UNDER NEWS RELEASES.

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