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What packages go by train and why?
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<blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 680661" data-attributes="member: 13921"><p>Trains magazine has written quite a bit about UPS' relationship with the railroads. If you see a UPS trailer on a train, it is on one of the hottest trains on the rails. They are given dispatch priority over all other trains on the rails. They are also the most expensive trains the railroads run. For a very long time, UPS was the BNSF largest customer (in terms of #volume, tonnage goes to coal.) Then BNSF started refusing to run certain schedules, UP got them (talking out west). Until UP started getting more and more UPS business there were rumors circulating amongst the railroad community that UPS would buy BNSF in order to lower their costs.</p><p></p><p>The company that has gained the most because of the trains that UPS demands is Fed Ex. UPS is a large enough customer that it can demand (or at least ask in a really forceful manner) that railroads run a train on a specific schedule. Fed Ex sees those trains and puts their trailers on when they can. Fed Ex does not have the volume to go to any railroad and 'demand' a specific schedule, but they can put their trailers on a train that is already running.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnyard, post: 680661, member: 13921"] Trains magazine has written quite a bit about UPS' relationship with the railroads. If you see a UPS trailer on a train, it is on one of the hottest trains on the rails. They are given dispatch priority over all other trains on the rails. They are also the most expensive trains the railroads run. For a very long time, UPS was the BNSF largest customer (in terms of #volume, tonnage goes to coal.) Then BNSF started refusing to run certain schedules, UP got them (talking out west). Until UP started getting more and more UPS business there were rumors circulating amongst the railroad community that UPS would buy BNSF in order to lower their costs. The company that has gained the most because of the trains that UPS demands is Fed Ex. UPS is a large enough customer that it can demand (or at least ask in a really forceful manner) that railroads run a train on a specific schedule. Fed Ex sees those trains and puts their trailers on when they can. Fed Ex does not have the volume to go to any railroad and 'demand' a specific schedule, but they can put their trailers on a train that is already running. [/QUOTE]
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