Posted by eastexan on March 18, 2011 at 11:00:36 from (96.15.191.86):
In Reply to: Grain Train posted by Bob on March 18, 2011 at 09:38:42:
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The grain elevator could have most likely wanted the BNSF for their carrier because of their faster turnarounds.
Most shortlines or class III railroads generally don't have pickup and destination points on their own particular line. They likely have to hand it off to a class I railroad's interchange tracks at some point in time.
Sometimes interchanges are a fast handoff, but many times they are not. Sometimes it's days before it's picked up by the other railroad. And then it may be just a local that picks the cars up and then carries them to a terminal where the thru trains are made up.
Whereas the BNSF may have it arranged where the thru train picks up the cars at the elevator, adds them to their train, makes a quick air brake test and goes right on toward their destination. This may or may not be the case in your situation, but I've seen it done many times for shippers.
And if BNSF is doing that, they can save the cost of having a local pick the cars up and carry them back to the terminal and switching them into a thru train being made up. Thus maybe being able to pass some of the savings on to their customers in negotiating lower rates.
They in turn might still have to hand them over to another railroad, but still quite a bit of time has been saved.
Personally, I would like to see everyone get a piece of the pie. And sometimes it seems unfair that things are the way they are. But with business & stockholders, it seems it's all about the money.
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