Re: Watsonville
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 08-31-2015 - 10:22
mook Wrote:
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> I'm a doubter regarding FedEx and rail. They don't
> seem to have adopted it like UPS did. But then
> their ground operation was mostly distribution
> from air hubs for a long time so maybe they're
> still learning? In any case, Watsonville wouldn't
> seem like a place to put a rail-to-truck center,
> based as much on UP's likely service as on local;
> more likely regional sorting using all trucks.
> Could increase traffic at Watsonville or Monterey
> airports, though. Wonder if Monterey can handle
> real heavies (a Lear is a heavy at Wastonville)?
We live in Prunedale and all of our FedEx deliveries show them coming from Watsonville when you trace a package. So they have been there for awhile, though I don't know precisely where they are located there now.
C.