Rairoads in trouble? (supply chain)

[NinoBrown]

It's not a big deal, we aren't in the 1800s....

 

[Hoodoo Child]

One of America's Greatest Fears. Blue collar workers saying "fukk this shyt"

 

[Chrishaune]

Depends on the union.. If Pepsi goes on strike doesn't mean Coke will..

Yeah, we're talking about the railroads here. Not Pepsi and Coke.

These companies have monopolies on the rail networks so it can make it difficult to get trains to their destination (nevermind on-time) if one of their railroad networks is shut down. The terminals are full of people working directly for the company or contractors (and the contractors are not allowed to move train cars). I've worked at these places breh. When they shut down, they shut down.

 

[Neuromancer]

Ok. Let's see.

 

[Chrishaune]

Ok. Let's see.

Hasn't happened yet. This is just a watch and see if it happens.

 

[Michael's Black Son]

Get them LA cats on It

those trains will get emptied within days

 

[Mowgli]

You have to understand his intermodal containers are running on these same BNSF controlled railroads.


Who owns BNSF? Warren Buffet's company Berkshire Hathaway.

Breh I wouldn't be surprised if this is a scheme by these billionaires to take full control of the financial system. Crash the economy and take control. Make everybody go to the digital dollar and be able to monitor everything people do with their money. The Feds already came out this week talking more about bringing a digital dollar to the financial system.

Buffet and Gates been buddies for decades....

 

[Chrishaune]

Buffet and Gates been buddies for decades....

I don't trust any of them. Their greed and lust for power is on full display. They think they're doing the world a favor if they can somehow get more control of it. Most of these rich "company leaders" are aligned.

 

[Wildhundreds]

Yeah, we're talking about the railroads here. Not Pepsi and Coke.

These companies have monopolies on the rail networks so it can make it difficult to get trains to their destination (nevermind on-time) if one of their railroad networks is shut down. The terminals are full of people working directly for the company or contractors. I've worked at these places breh. When they shut down, they shut down.

BNSF mainly deal in foreign containers that come over by ship.. The 20 and 40 foot containers..

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific deal with domestic.. Mostly 53' containers and some foreigns..

Anything manufactured in America will still be shipped.. And if they do stop shipping, it'll be because the materials coming from over seas aren't coming in and making it to American manufacturers.

I've been in and out of railroads years ago sir.. I know whats going on as well.

 

[Chrishaune]

BNSF mainly deal in foreign containers that come over by ship.. The 20 and 40 foot containers..

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific deal with domestic.. Mostly 53' containers and some foreigns..

Anything manufactured in America will still be shipped.. And if they do stop shipping, it'll be because the materials coming from over seas aren't coming in and making it to American manufacturers.

I've been in and out of railroads years ago sir.. I know whats going on as well.

And then you know backups will cause a problem if BNSF were to shut down.

Let's not act like it won't cause a problem.

West of the Mississippi River will be hurting.

 

[Wildhundreds]

And then you know backups will cause a problem if BNSF were to shut down.

Let's not act like it won't cause a problem.

Meh.. I guess.. If this savior in the W.H is as good as people make him out to be.. He'll step in and get shyt together..

 

[HDiron]

This will be crazy if it happens, I work as a broker in the import industry and i deal with “rail” shipments. I can tell you the past year has been a nightmare. So much congestion at these rails. A container can offload a vessel and be moved over to the rail and sit there for weeks before it gets out on the actual rail, and once it arrives to its destination it can sit at the rail yard for another couple of weeks before it’s made available to pickup.

 

[brickfare]

This will be crazy if it happens, I work as a broker in the import industry and i deal with “rail” shipments. I can tell you the past year has been a nightmare. So much congestion at these rails. A container can offload a vessel and be moved over to the rail and sit there for weeks before it gets out on the actual rail, and once it arrives to its destination it can sit at the rail yard for another couple of weeks before it’s made available to pickup.

chassis use and per diem charges kicking my customers asses lately. rail congestion wasnt as much of a problem as I thought it was gonna be over the holidays.

returning empties in the la/lb area was a bytch in Nov and December, something's gotta give soon

 

[Mook]

Dumbass Biden is gonna have to mobilize the national guard and have them loading ships.

 

[HDiron]

chassis use and per diem charges kicking my customers asses lately. rail congestion wasnt as much of a problem as I thought it was gonna be over the holidays.

returning empties in the la/lb area was a bytch in Nov and December, something's gotta give soon

That’s a whole different problem too, the whole chassis shortage across the country has been a huge issue. Lots of my customers are starting to deliver their containers with 3rd party carriers rather than the steamship lines, maersk for example has terrible chassis shortages. A container Rican discharged and the customer will receive it a month later and their excuse is always chassis shortage, I’ve never seen it this bad.

I try to stay away from the LA/LB area as I find that the worst ports to work with, it makes sense though since LA is the biggest port, but the congestion there is insane.

Atleast the import business is booming