Re: Northern California Intermodal
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 06-28-2019 - 13:16
FUD Wrote:
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> Question from an improperly labeled Russian and
> probably correctly labeled troll:
>
> Does UPS in San Pablo get intermodal trains direct
> from Chicago, or are they switching jobs from
> Stockton or Roseville? Wondering, because a recent
> shipment was tracked leaving Hodgkins IL (big
> consolidation center next to an intermodal yard on
> BNSF) and arriving in San Pablo not quite 3 days
> later with nothing in between. Both places have
> intermodal tracks long enough for at least a
> modest train. So it might have gone by train
> rather than team-driven truck.
That you've included the word "Roseville" leads me to wonder if you might be under the impression that UP serves UPS' facility in San Pablo.
It does not.
Any trailers routed via UP are driven by UPS to or from UP's intermodal facility at the former SP yard in West Oakland, and "ramped" there.