Thanks for the replies on this. I thought this discussion might die a slow death since it is an “uninteresting” aspect of the industry for many. Greyhound, I was hoping you would jump in as it addresses an interest of yours - intermodal movements.
Today’s 28N just passed thru Fostoria and by my count there were 299 containers/trailers. MASSIVE 28N, the largest I have seen. Perhaps it is catching up with the New Year Day holiday. I didnt see one yesterday, so this might have been a combo train.
To the best of my ability, today’s train had approximately 70 JBH, 56 Amazon, and 20 UPS units.
I cannot image there would be 70 JBH and 56 Amazon loads between Chicago and North Carolina, so my best guess is there is considerable interchange between BNSF and NS on these moves. Perhaps I am wrong.
Anyway, quite an impressive train. At about $800 per load, that would be a revenue of about $240,000.
NS is obviously doing something right with this train. As I mentioned earlier, we tend to view intermodal as high speed, high density lanes (Chi - NYC, Chi - SoCal, etc) but this proves there are other markets…if properly developed.
Meanwhile, yesterday’s CSX Chicago to Baltimore I018 intermodal had 2 motors and 7 loads (3 UPS). Hmm.
Ed