Yeah I’m talking about the guys that drive like maniacs in your yard birds that take the containers to/from the track. Guess I need to brush up on my terminology. So those guys are not NS employees is what you’re saying?
Nope. The last railroad employee to touch the container would be the crane operator. I haven’t worked for NS since over a year ago, but I remember one company called pacific rail being their East Coast go-to contractor for jockeying containers. This was in Harrisburg, PA and Croxton
CSX is bringing the subcontracting “in-house” by getting rid of parsec and railplus; keeping a healthy distance from liability while serving more control through having all of the independent contractors umbrellaed under CSX Intermodal, a separate branch of the company
And no your terminology is fine. You were spot on: maniacs. Complained like old heads about us being late with train arrivals, drove like they were fresh out of Swift