Re: New intermodal svc

[Terry M La France <okt@j...>]

Beats me. Sounds like a new service. All I know is what's here. I wonder
if it's the 79mph stack train they were talking about a couple of years
ago.
Terry

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:19:22 -0500 "Pete Charlton" <djold1@h...>
writes:
>What did it supercede? :~)
>
>Subject: RS: New intermodal svc
>
>
>I wonder what they'll call these. Super C?
>Terry
>
> BNSF Introduces Guaranteed Intermodal Service
> 
> BNSF plans to introduce 100-percent guaranteed on-time 
>intermodal
> service in late May, it was announced this week by Matt Rose,
> president and chief operating officer. Rose discussed BNSF's plan
> during a round-table discussion on "Confronting Rail Capacity and
> Growth Issues" at the 17th annual International Intermodal Expo in
> Atlanta.
> 
> Details of the guaranteed service offering are still being
> refined, but it will apply to all intermodal service levels, will
> involve a 100-percent money-back guarantee and will be limited
> initially only to the Chicago/ Seattle, Chicago/ San Bernardino and
> Chicago/ Alliance (Dallas/ Fort Worth) corridors.
> 
> More than 6,000 representatives of the intermodal industry
> attended the Expo, a three-day event featuring more than 20 
>conference
> sessions and 300 displays. BNSF had a large booth in the indoor
> exhibit area and introduced ValueTrax, a program offering
> transportation specials for intermodal service via the Internet, 
>and
> intermodal service to and from Mexico.
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