Passenger Trains > BNSF loses market share to UP

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,3475769

From the article (compare to Amtrak passenger trains delayed a few
hours): "BNSF said in its weekly status update that it has 6,329 past-due
rail cars mostly in North Dakota, Montana and South Dakota that were an
average 24.2 days late as of July 17."



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/25/14 08:06 by GenePoon.

If the problems were mostly in MT, ND, SD, how does UP benefit when they do not go there, except maybe west-coast-midwest unit trains ?

As BNSF has slowed Its through service to the PNW because of congestion, UP has instituted new expedited service to the PNW, thus gaining market share on the through traffic. As you say, it does not directly intermediate traffic except for what little UP May pick up out of Silver Bow MT through trans loading.

BNSF deserves whatever losses their competitors can cause them. The weather was an excuse for everyone, but BNSF has problems all over its system that have gone on long after the weather issues were passed. They didn't invest in the capacity they needed to accept the traffic they agreed to move. Management in this company is a mess and the recent Trains mag article touting the management was a joke. This looks more and more like the UP meltdown of a decade ago.