Martin Burwash Wrote:
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> Looking from the outside in, I sometimes question
> the decision making in car routing as it seems to
> be contributing factor to yard congestion. Our
> feed mill is located on the Bellingham Sub
> mainline north of Everett. For years our cars
> from the Midwest would come, usually via the MRL
> to Spokane, where they would be added to the daily
> Spokane/Everett freight. Brought straight into
> Everett, they were taken north to us by the twice
> a week Conway Turn. A very direct way of doing
> things. These days, more often than not, our cars
> by-pass Spokane, go to Pasco, are reclassified, up
> the Gorge, north to Interbay, reclassified, north
> to Everett, reclassified, north to Burlington,
> reclassified then brought back to us at Conway.
>
> There must be a logical reason for this
> change....right?

And then they wonder why they can only get one load per month per car. Rocket scientists, the lot of them.