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Re: PSR = Lower raffic volumes and earning$....? Other signs of slowing rail volumes?
Author: theconductor
Date: 07-18-2019 - 09:11
Keith Ode Wrote:
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> BOB R Wrote:
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> > I'm not sure what Keith and Kevin are saying.
> Is
> > what they're seeing evidence of a PSR slowdown?
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> As far as I know, the reduction in number of
> four-axle power on UP locals is a direct result of
> PSR. On the UP at least, doesn't PSR discourage
> low volume shippers? Loose carload traffic has
> been on the decline in the Bay Area for decades,
> but recently UP seems to be doing everything they
> can to reduce Bay Area ops.
It's a sign of better track condition.
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> BOB R Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'm not sure what Keith and Kevin are saying.
> Is
> > what they're seeing evidence of a PSR slowdown?
>
> As far as I know, the reduction in number of
> four-axle power on UP locals is a direct result of
> PSR. On the UP at least, doesn't PSR discourage
> low volume shippers? Loose carload traffic has
> been on the decline in the Bay Area for decades,
> but recently UP seems to be doing everything they
> can to reduce Bay Area ops.
It's a sign of better track condition.
