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<blockquote data-quote="barnyard" data-source="post: 1295137" data-attributes="member: 13921"><p>I suspect that as long as we are putting trailers on BNSF trains, we will be having problems with forecasting volume. BNSF is drowning in oil from the Bakken and trains are backing up all over their system. </p><p></p><p>This winter, the BNSF was parking trains on the mainline because there was no room in the terminal yard and no crews to keep them moving. Articles in Trains and the WSJ suggest that it could be a year for them to get fluid again. Until then, I suspect that their on-time performance will continue to be spotty. </p><p></p><p>Earlier, this year, I saw a BNSF with 1/3 UPS trailers (only UPS marked trailers, could have been more if the 'generic' boxes were ours too) parked on the main from 8:30 on a Monday morning and did not see it move until 1630 in Wednesday. There is NO schedule that allows for 2 plus days of sitting. That Friday, everyone that had time, made runs to the rail yard and we had 2 extra loads on Monday in my building.</p><p></p><p>Rail does not have the capacity to do time sensitive moves and probably will not for at least a year, if ever again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnyard, post: 1295137, member: 13921"] I suspect that as long as we are putting trailers on BNSF trains, we will be having problems with forecasting volume. BNSF is drowning in oil from the Bakken and trains are backing up all over their system. This winter, the BNSF was parking trains on the mainline because there was no room in the terminal yard and no crews to keep them moving. Articles in Trains and the WSJ suggest that it could be a year for them to get fluid again. Until then, I suspect that their on-time performance will continue to be spotty. Earlier, this year, I saw a BNSF with 1/3 UPS trailers (only UPS marked trailers, could have been more if the 'generic' boxes were ours too) parked on the main from 8:30 on a Monday morning and did not see it move until 1630 in Wednesday. There is NO schedule that allows for 2 plus days of sitting. That Friday, everyone that had time, made runs to the rail yard and we had 2 extra loads on Monday in my building. Rail does not have the capacity to do time sensitive moves and probably will not for at least a year, if ever again. [/QUOTE]
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