and I see flatbed trucks of wheels coming from Griffin Wheel in Burlington
(assume some going to BN!). As tough as the economy has been (increase in RR
carloadings & recall of laid off operating emps only in the past months but
many frt cars still in storage), I cannot understand why a RR, big or small,
would give revenue to a competitor, i.e. trucks. It would be like Coke letting
paying Pepsi to deliver some of their product!
Admittedly in some cases speed may be of the essence but a) ICC has been
tightening up on hours of service for truckers, b) most states restrict
high/wide hwy loads to sunrise to sunset or even 30" after/before whereas the
RR can run around the clock & c) fuel prices again becoming an issue.
In our little town there is a motel that when it was built part of it was
outside the city limits so that portion is/was served by an REC whereas the
'city' part is served by Alliant Energy. Alliant requires ALL personnel who
stay at that motel to only take a room in 'their' bldg. NOW that is looking
our for #1 which after all is what business is supposed to be about!
(admittedly pretty micro-managing but the point it made to their emps: look out
for Alliant!)
Gerald
To: cbq@yahoogroups.com
From: qutlx1@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2010 18:31:16 -0500
Subject: [CBQ] Burlington Bridge
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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