And just when I thought I had things figured out, suddenly last night I found my rail car heading to Chicago Heights, just arrived at the trans load yard at 6am this morning. That red line at Chicago Heights is the train I came up on from St. Louis. Let’s see if they can put it on a convoy...
Technically you guys are in the same yard. The gateway yard is Union Pacific’s main yard. It was built by the Alton and Southern Railroad before the Union Pacific bought them. Hence why KateF34 is getting A&S. I’m assuming that is what CSX is still calling it. I’m still in a black hole...
I’m just throwing it out there. I just called Ford marketing again but besides striking out on any worth wild vehicle locations, the nice lady informed me that I received a special credit from Ford and gave me a certificate number. My dealer is looking it up now, so I don’t have an about yet...
Looks like I’m getting off the rails in St Louis. I’m getting the released from industry message from UP trace. Now it’s up to the ground transportation company. Dealer says they already have 5 cars waiting in St Louis so with mine hopefully it helps push the semi our way
Honestly it’s a real crap shoot, you just don’t know which path your car will go down. Some people took right off the line and into the rail car, others sit on chip holds, I got stuck I quality control for four weeks after it was “produced” before it was “built”. Some people that were built in...
A number of the control points In Arizona and New Mexico have a local meaning and not necessarily the same name as the town your rail car is going past. If you are on UP, it will make more sense after El Paso.