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Will Western Railroads Now Nuke the State of California?

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Posted by jimwetherell on Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:50 AM

I guess the old joke of California being the granola state is still true.  ( If you are not a fruit or a nut then you're a flake.)

I feel sorry for the family who produces eggs having their livlihood  taken away by bureaucrats, but here seems some divine justice that the granola state should become the net importer of "chicken manure,  since it has been exporting a lot of it to the rest of the country for years.

I think it would be wonderful if the railroads stopped their trains at the state line and told the  CA bureaucrats to figure out how to move the stuff.

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Posted by edbenton on Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:41 AM

Well if CARB does not Get off the OTR Industries Backside here is what is going to happen REAL SOON IN THE OTR INDUSTRY.  BTW this is coming from Major players in the OTR Reefer Carriers people like Marten KLLM Earl Henderson and England so almost 60% of the Reefer side. They are proposing that all of their Trucks stop at California Nevada line Transload their stuff onto POV's and tell them you want it COME TO THE LINE and GET THE CRAP.  YOU VOTED FOR THESE IDIOTS YOU CAN DRIVE FOR YOUR FOOD YOUR MEDS AND WE WILL LET YOUR PRODUCE ROT IN THE FIELDS.

Always at war with those that think OTR trucking is EASY.
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Posted by dhanson1961 on Sunday, April 11, 2010 1:31 PM

Just did some checking and found that the Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange County Line have 4 AM and 4 PM trains that use the Colton crossing daily, and 1 AM / 1 PM on the Weekends. Maybe Riverside County wants UP to agree to a comuter train lets say out to Coachella Valley ( Beaumont / Palm Springs / Indio ) ?

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