Lander's must be having problems today

eheheh you guys should come to nj to csx south Kearny, from 10 to 1130 and 2 to 4 that's the biggest rail station in the northeast and a major ship to rail hub 1.5 hours in and out is not that rare in that location

 

Are all the rail yards in Chicago automated now?

 

The new one on West Blvd (NS). Its actually pretty nice. Right off I-485. Yea the automated is still not ready, I have never done it that way being new to intermodel but hopefully its a speedy process. Im liking intermodel though, home every night and just bought a house in the woods really close to the rail facility.

Edit part- yea I know the older busier rails have longer waiting, I was being a bit of a smart*ss sorry lol

 

I remember when everything was still in & out gated on paper and entered into the computer later. Things change fast.

 

Yup I never put those phones on my ear. Those things where bad. Back then all the yards used phone and you would sit in line forever. I use to pull a lot of the old pig trailers (vans) you would search for an hour to find an mty to take out just to get to the gate wait another 30min just to find out UPS had reserved that trl.

 

BNSF Denver ahs been automated about three years now, aside from paper feed errors, it runs pretty smooth, two kiosks inbound and outbound.

UPRR Denver has been automated not quite a year and it's the biggest joke. 4 lanes inbound, 3 lanes outbound, most days it's 3 and 2 that are actually working. They keep playing with the system and making it worse instead of better, then they have boneheads with the IQ of a rock working the help desk. We're doing these Coors loads, that require a spotless empty, you go for an empty list, it used to be in alphabetical and numerical order, now, it's completely random, takes three times as long to find a container. And the computer screens don't make sense, why would an empty inbound need a seal, and why would an inbound empty be hazardous? But it asks.

 

The reason for asking if an empty is haz could be because of iso tanks, until cleaned they are still hazardous.
Inbound empty with a seal could also be for iso tanks a lot of places require a freshly cleaned tank have a seal.
Just throwing around some thoughts.