Friends,
I picked this up on another list this AM. I heard all the RR's are
like the oil companies, making great money but delivering high prices
and poor quality! Companies have merged, trimmed the fat and
streamlined their operations in anticipation of slow times, but I guess
they never figured on having good times.
See below as it's in regards to the favorite railroad to bash!!
Gosh, doesn't Uncle Pete do a good job; now if they could just get some
more
money out of those darned model manufacturers who want to release an MStL
box car!
Regards,
CKD
Hello Everyone,
>
> The following is a response given by the rail in regards to the
delay out
> of Oakland, CA
>
> The update given this morning - all containers departing should leave
> Oakland today @ 1230 PST.
>
>
>
> Please see below for Pacer Stacktrain's resonse the the UP situation in
> the
> LA Basin:
>
> First, we apologize for the extremely poor service you and all of our
> Customers are receiving.
>
> Second, yes, it is January and the normal peak is over, but UPRR is
unable
> to deal with the pre-Lunar New Year peak their international
Customers are
> pushing to them.
>
> The Los Angeles Basin on the UPRR is basically in gridlock. They are
> currently moving one intermodal train into the Basin every two hours and
> one intermodal train out of the Basin every two hours, basically a
one for
> one operation. Long story short, high demand, insufficient capacity,
> bridge fire in Arizona two weeks ago and two major Maintenance of Way
> projects between Los Angeles and El Paso and now, most recently
(today), a
> mainline derailment in Wyoming. As a result, locomotive and railcar
> assets are not in the proper position to support the very high eastbound
> demand in the Los Angeles Basin.
>
> Bottom line, outbound departures are and have been delayed anywhere
from 3
> to 9 days.
>
> We expect outbound train delays in the Los Angeles Basin to continue for
> at least the next two weeks. As the demand lessens when the Lunar New
> Years vessels start calling the West Coast, we will probably see some
> dramatic improvement. Northern California departures will also be
> negatively affected as locomotive and railcar assets are consciously
> repositioned from Northern California to Los Angeles in the effort to
> improve the situation in the greater Los Angeles area.
>
> We will do all possible to get these loads moving as quickly as possible
> but please understand it's not a good situation at all on the UPRR
in the
> Los Angeles Basin.
>
> Additional details of what UPRR is doing to address this terrible
> situation in Los Angeles are contained below in response to a letter our
> Operations Team sent them earlier today.
>
>
> 1) Our traffic projection for this week in the LA Basin is estimated
at a
> 32.2% increase over January 2005 volume due to strong Imports.
> 2) This week we have already realized a 11.5% increase over last week.
> 3) Customers are obviously shipping ahead of the Chinese Holiday
> 4) The track outage with the Kinter Bridge Fire caused a 24-48 hr
>
> backlog
> 5) We continue to perform QSP 202 track Work on the Sunset Corridor
> shortening the windows for train operations
>
> Actions to Improve Service in the LA Basin: :
> Senior Operating Management on site in LA Basin to spearhead recovery
> efforts
> Current priorities are outbound trains from terminals to maintain
> fluidity
> All intermodal facilities are currently one-for-one, outbound to
> inbound
> relationship
> Locomotive projection to release 25 trains today
> Trains Held (as of 8:00am): 41 trains, 19 for power, 14 for ramp
> congestion/cars & 6 for customer
> LA Basin is congested and metering inbound trains, causing 2 hour
> spacing from Yuma and Yermo
> Seven intermodal trains laid down to restrict inbound flow and power
> excessing into LA.
> For reduced tonnage (to keep trains running into the Basin with
> existing
> HP), plans are being developed for intermodal pick-ups.
> ZNPLB-25 will clear out Garfield and Lyndyll
> Locomotive Allocation Team has resumed powering inbound trains at 2.5
> hptt to eliminate trains reductions/ delays
> Terminals - traffic will be handled on the FIFO - first in first out
> basis
> Empty repos will be fully powered and prioritized into the Basin to
> ensure car supplies are available for outbound trains
> Will continue to dray out of ICTF as needed to other ramps in the
Basin
> Crew supply is improving and project to have adequate crews for todays
> operations
> Alhambra Sub is still congested but overall line fluidity appears
to be
> improving
> Repos projections: 7 trains to arrive today, 4 Friday & 4 Sat
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