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Western Railroad Discussion > Produce Train.Date: 02/10/19 13:10 Produce Train. Author: CSXQ090FAN Hi everyone. I happen to see the UP/CSXT Produce train last eveing go past one of the web cams in ohio on CSX and the train happen to have ceterbeams closed grain hoppers and gons on it and a few tanker cars. It had some refers on the train but not too many. It also had a lot of double stacks on it as well. Notthing new for the stacks that I know of. But my question is this something new that UP is doing now with it by adding on the junk freight cars? Also will this be a common parctice? Thanks inadvanced
Date: 02/10/19 13:46 Re: Produce Train. Author: JasonCNW with PSR in effect yes
JC Posted from Android Date: 02/10/19 14:36 Re: Produce Train. Author: bradleymckay CSXQ090FAN Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hi everyone. I happen to see the UP/CSXT > Produce train last eveing go past one of the web > cams in ohio on CSX and the train happen to have > ceterbeams closed grain hoppers and gons on > it and a few tanker cars. It had some > refers on the train but not too many. It > also had a lot of double stacks on it as > well. Notthing new for the stacks that I > know of. But my question is this something new > that UP is doing now with it by adding on > the junk freight cars? Also will this be a > common parctice? Thanks inadvanced You forget its the slowest time of the year for produce movements via rail. And I wouldn't call them "junk freight cars" just because its supposed to be a produce train. Its obvious what the PSR railroads want is more revenue per train. Allen Posted from Android Date: 02/10/19 16:13 Re: Produce Train. Author: flarails882 Has Foote done away with mixed trains? I noticed here in Florida I do not see anymore IM combined with manifest etc. The FEC has been doing a version of PSR for decades. But it is easier to do when you Manifest yard is in the same locations as the IM yards.
Date: 02/10/19 17:13 Re: Produce Train. Author: railstiesballast It may be that a regularly scheduled produce train fits into PSR quite nicely. Once the PSR planners adopt that schedule they can add traffic to that core movement quite efficiently.
It is only worrisome if the added traffic bogs down the schedule promised to the produce shippers. Date: 02/11/19 23:56 Re: Produce Train. Author: CSXQ090FAN Saw the ZG3SKP depart global 3 around 4:30am on monday. That train too had mixed freight on it as well then a long reefer block then the stacks. Looks like UP is trying to have 3 blocks into one train. I guess there putting on the mixed freight at G3.
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