On a recent post on our history thread,nanaimo73 referenced a story about UP running a passenger special into Sioux Falls, S.D., to commemorate the sale of the Colony Line (former CNW line in western S.D.) to DM&E. This train ran up from Sioux City, Iowa, on BNSF tracks.
How do railroads co-ordinate and bill each other for things like this? This was on a line where no haulage or trackage rights would be in play. Is there a predetermined protcol for such issues, or does Pete at UP just call up Bill at BNSF and ask if he can use the tracks Saturday?
Let’s hope that this doesn’t get somebody else started.[V]
All railroads have agreements in place for imediate use covering diversions in case of derailments, floods, huricances, etc. They are called General Manager agreements. The GM between UP and BNSF would be the starting point for an agreement covering this movement.
bobwilcox: Thanks for the info. It sounds like this is a pretty common occurance.
As common as derailments
Every trainmaster knows the details of where he can make moves from and to connecting railroads in his territory
…yawn…
I know way back in the 70s the DHRR paid a per car mileage to Conrail for usage of Conrail tracks that the DHRR had trackage rights over. I was told it was $1.25 per mile per car which I was also told was very hi by normal “standards” cause Conrail was attempting to bankrupt DHRR so they would eliminate them as a partner with NWRR in the Chicago/St. Louis/Ecoast corridor [:)]
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