Railroaders place to shoot the shit.

Hope you dont mind reading some BNSF headlines from

TO here in this place as I'm just a citizen these days

with no contacts so I have to fish the net to find out

anything. It seems the BNSF is in a deep hole right

now trying to get all this new business and current

business moving through North Dakota. It reminds

me kindof of when UP was trying get things organized

in the late 1990's after all the mergers and acquisitions

and things were really fucked up. If the BNSF has plans

for some double tracking to start in 2014, they are going

to have to wait until the ground is not frozen. This

traffic flow problem is going be with BNSF for many months

to come. The westbound Empire Builder is routinely 6-8hrs

late getting into Everett WA. Its more like 6-12hrs late.

I've seen some amazing moves by the BNSF running

trains in the GPNW the last 6-7 yrs. Every train can be

"killed" it seems. I know BNSF keeps certain Z-trains going

without a hitch but the rest including Amtrak is "wait your

turn". I guess its temporarily bad luck for BNSF to be under

capacity on their routes through North Dakota but BNSF has

a lot of experience in getting double tracks and triple tracks

built in a short time with the coal traffic boom the last 30 years.

You can bet the BNSF "Think-Tank" is hard at work on the

North Dakota problem.

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