"Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific announced that on Feb. 19 they will add a sixth-morning-delivery intermodal train between Los Angeles and the Southeast, complementing the existing fifth-morning-delivery BlueStreak service. At the same time they will trim nearly half a day from the BlueStreak service between Los Angeles and Atlanta, introducing fourth-evening delivery.
NS and UP also announced that they will begin shifting domestic and international traffic to a new, shorter route over the Shreveport, La., gateway as early as third-quarter 2007, with completion of the first phase of improvements over Kansas City Southern’s Meridian Speedway. This will eliminate almost 150 miles from the current route."