Re: Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09
Author: WAF
Date: 09-17-2009 - 07:54

Stampede Hogger Wrote:
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> Here is a piece of an email that has been
> circulating around. Sounds like they just are
> looking for an excuse to eliminate more jobs while
> they can.
>
>
>
> After a business car trip by Senior Exec’s from
> Seattle-Vancouver-Wishram-KFalls earlier this
> week, the decision was made to reduce traffic over
> the mountain via the Stampede, Yakima Subs.
>
> What this means is within the next 7-10 days, the
> pool is going to see little or no traffic and the
> INB2 will be planned to go via the Fallbridge and
> the mtys planned via the Fallbridge and Scenic
> subs.
>
> There are no plans to reduce the class of track or
> to sell the subs, but the feeling is that there
> currently not enough traffic to be running on the
> subs.
>
> The reason for this plan is that volumes have
> still not returned and the MOW on the Fallbridge
> and the Scenic subs are wrapping up for the year.
>
> In short, the Yakima sub has always been an
> overflow line and there is still unused capacity
> on the Fallbridge and Scenic subs that need
> filled.
>
> The plan is when volumes pick up or when MOW
> begins on the Fallbridge and Scenic to start
> running on the Yakima and Stampede Subs again.

These kinds of decisions come after the business car has been over that partticular division



Subject Written By Date/Time (PST)
  Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09 Tacoma Railfan 09-17-2009 - 00:59
  Re: Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09 Stampede Hogger 09-17-2009 - 06:56
  Re: Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09 WAF 09-17-2009 - 07:54
  Re: Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09 Tabasco 09-17-2009 - 13:42
  Re: Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09 Dmac844 09-19-2009 - 21:38
  Re: Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09 Dilbert 09-20-2009 - 03:46
  Re: Stampede Pass being mothballed 9/16/09 George Andrews 09-20-2009 - 09:57


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