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Re: BN documentary: Train 110

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Date: 12-03-2022 - 14:46

Peter D. Wrote:
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> Yeah. I enjoyed that. Funny thing about mergers
> and competition. Weyerhaeuser is on an S.P. line,
> yet S.P can't guarantee Weyerhaeuser to get that
> car to Chicago in five days, so the goods get put
> on trucks to a transload facility and shipped on
> the BN. U.P. could have handled it, but maybe
> since that would mean a conection with the C&NW,
> far to long dwell time in Femont, Nebraska maybe,
> but they would be the logical competitor to BN.
> But if they can't compete nor with S.P. how could
> the ICC approve such a merger, when there isn't
> any true compitition. Me thinks a better merger
> should have been, G.N. with CB&Q and N.P. with
> Rock Island. I think The Rock went to Minneapolis
> and they go to Chicago fairly directly. Milwaukee
> Road? They should have never spent their hard
> earned money to go to the far west. Ha-rumph, LOL.

Yes, fascinating to hear the story of how BN secured that business from Weyco. They guaranteed an arrival time at Chicago. That was a vote of confidence in the operating team at BN. Cool.

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=== Wrote:
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> Peter D. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yeah. I enjoyed that. Funny thing about mergers
> > and competition. Weyerhaeuser is on an S.P.
> line,
> > yet S.P can't guarantee Weyerhaeuser to get
> that
> > car to Chicago in five days, so the goods get
> put
> > on trucks to a transload facility and shipped
> on
> > the BN. U.P. could have handled it, but maybe
> > since that would mean a conection with the
> C&NW,
> > far to long dwell time in Femont, Nebraska
> maybe,
> > but they would be the logical competitor to BN.
> > But if they can't compete nor with S.P. how
> could
> > the ICC approve such a merger, when there isn't
> > any true compitition. Me thinks a better merger
> > should have been, G.N. with CB&Q and N.P. with
> > Rock Island. I think The Rock went to
> Minneapolis
> > and they go to Chicago fairly directly.
> Milwaukee
> > Road? They should have never spent their hard
> > earned money to go to the far west. Ha-rumph,
> LOL.
> 
> Yes, fascinating to hear the story of how BN
> secured that business from Weyco.  They guaranteed
> an arrival time at Chicago.  That was a vote of
> confidence in the operating team at BN. Cool.

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