[CBQ] Burlington Bridge

[qutlx1@aol.com]

Gerald,
 
As crazy at it sounds..................
 
The RR's and fleet owners don't ship by  rail anymore. 
 
Mosl reconditioned car parts are delivered to shops and rip tracks by  
truck.Ever see the Progress Rail trucks on the highway ? Parts moving  from car 
dismantling sites to recondtioners move by truck.
 
I am aware of a contractor in Birmingham,AL who receives car loads of new  
ties from CSXT,puts tie plates on them and ships them to CSXT designated 
points  by truck. 
 
Car builders receive new and reconditioned parts by truck. Steel plate for  
new tank cars arrives on flat bed trucks from the mills.
 
For that matter a ever increasing % of wrecked cars are moving to shop by  
trucks to shops for repairs.There is too long of a wait for a flat to carry 
the  cars and then delivery to shop is too sporadic.
 
I've seen truckloads of rail (both new and going for relay) going down the  
highway on a semi.
 
Shoot for that matter a high % of cut up railcars return to the steel mills 
 in trucks ???!!!
 
 
Leo
 
 
 
 

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