BNSF has leased every locomotive that was sitting idle from all of their competitors as they are sorely short on power.
I have sat in division safety meetings and had the high brass sing the woe me song. They are pissing on life long customers and telling new customers we will take your business but have no idea when we will service you.
ALL for the sake of Warren Buffet and his vision of hauling oil from the Bakken region. They cannot find enough power to pull the coal trains from the powder river basin as coal consists have exploded as in more freight than they can haul.
Coal up many % over last year. Oil up % thru the roof. Mixed freight up Container freight up.
BNSF is spending 5 billion this year on infrastructure and locomotives and still wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy behind the eight ball..
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