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.......but you gotta admit they sure do go out of their way to manufacture negative press for themselves regarding their actions in the Pacific Northwest and the Northern Tier states these last ten or so years! http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/business/story/7300799p-7212556c.html Apparently, BNSF has told Eastern Washington produce growers who wi***o get a hold of westbound empty containers for export to Asia that they can only guarantee a 100 hour minimum, in this case from Quincy to Tacoma, a distance of less than 200 miles. Yep, that's a whopping 2 miles an hour in average transit time from the produce warehouses to dockside. Naturally, the produce companies want a dedicated train that runs direct from the warehouse clusters in Eastern Washington to both the Port of Tacoma and the Port of Seattle because as we all know produce is time sensitive, and hey if they can come up with enough each week to make up a decent sized train, why not? BNSF on the other hand doesn't want anything to do with dedicated trains for cross state shorthaul, unless of course if they are grain shuttles running from Ritzville to the coast!?!?[banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead][banghead] Reminds me of the time long ago (well, four years ago) when I was involved in trying to arrange a dedicated single stack container service between Yakima and Puget Sound over the little used trackage over Stampede Pass. Everything was a go, but BNSF said no. No explanation given. If I was to take on the job of consultant for these produce guys, I'd tell them not to waste anymore time trying to work with BNSF. Instead, they need to start pushing the State to allow heavier and longer truckloads.
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