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 Posted - February 08 2009 : 9:12:51 PM
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i was watching a dvd and it stated that meat trains in the states had priority over all trains,does that still apply today ken
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Posted - February 08 2009 : 9:50:15 PM
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| I'm just jabbering--maybe someone here can give some some hard evidence, but I'm guessing no for three reasons--mechanical refrigeration, truck (lorry) haulage, and CTC-controlled main lines. When I dispatched, I never heard anyone talk of a 'meat train.' (I know they existed, just not in my adult time). Trains still have status considerations, eg. 'Z' trains were hot, as were P and H. M trains (manifest) were low on the totem pole. The contents of the train, do affect it's status.
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Posted - February 08 2009 : 9:59:11 PM
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| cheers mate i thought that might be the case,it was your dvd i was watching ken
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Posted - February 10 2009 : 2:51:22 PM
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Actually I just read in a relatively-recent back-issue of Trains about a produce special jointly run by UP and CSX to ship carrots from California to a distributor in New York City. So it would seem that perishable goods still merit some priority, but at the discretion of the railroads and shippers. The article made note that CSX and UP were specifically trying to recapture some of the lucrative priority traffic lost to trucks.
Then of course, there is CSX's own famous high-priority "Juice Train" - the Tropicana special from FL to VA.
It might not be "meat", technically, but the concept is the same. There could well be a "meat train" in some respects in some part of the country. However, stockyards are so decentralized now such as to be almost nonexistant, and that alone precludes the concept of a true national "meat train".
The existence of any priority train depends on the source of lading and how how lucrative the business is, i.e. how badly the railroad wants to keep it.
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Posted - February 10 2009 : 2:54:21 PM
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| makes sense in this day an age,thanks for all input fellows ken
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