Weekly Transportation Team Recap
03/01/09 10:42
The following is a weekly mailing that comes from
Greg Fox, Vice President. I thought I would share
these with this distribution list in order to give
some idea of the Vision that is communicated in our
daily activities as Supervisors at BNSF.
If this is posted by the Labor Leaders or Safety Tem Members and you want to be included on my mailing list for this types of communications and Rules Interpretatins and various other Alerts that affect you job, please send me an email and I will gladly add you to the list.
Kevin.mcreynolds@bnsf.com is my email address and I would be happy to add you.
Thank you,
Kevin C. McReynolds
Superintendent Operating Practices
Belen, NM
Transportation Team:
A couple of updates for you:
First, on Wednesday evening this week the Surface Transportation Board (STB) reversed an earlier decision and decreed that BNSF has been overcharging an electric utility located at Moba, Wyoming just south of the Powder River Basin. BNSF is understandably concerned with this decision and our official response included the following: "The STB reversed its prior decision and has now ruled that those very same rates (those in place at the original 2006 decision) are unreasonable. It appears that the STB has awarded the shipper approximately $100 million in reparations and then capped rates for the next 16 years, for a total present value of $345 million. Despite ruling in BNSF's favor once, the STB substantially revised its large rate case rules, and then allowed the shipper to submit a reconfigured new case. BNSF believes that this case is a manipulation of the new rules and represents an outcome-oriented decision. We are currently reviewing the decision and intend to pursue all legal remedies".
Second, attached is the latest "Transport Tracker" which recaps traffic volumes and service metrics for the previous week (week ending February 13). Please note that on a year-over-year basis we improved Terminal Dwell by over 18% (vs. a 10% improvement for UPRR). We also increased overall Train Velocity by 14% on a year-over-year basis. Note that Union Pacific had a 28% improvement in Train Velocity and their velocity is now a full mile-per-hour faster than ours. In line with this, please remain focused on driving improvements in Train Velocity and Terminal Dwell. While we continue to show significant year-over-year improvement, our major competitor in the West (Union Pacific) is also showing historically uncharacteristic improvements in both Velocity and Terminal Dwell. ~ let's whip those folks in Omaha!
<<weekly Class 1 Performance_021909.pdf>>
We appreciate what you do every day for BNSF and our customers! Please continue to focus on Safe Production, Asset Velocity, and Employee Engagement!
Thanks!
weekly Class 1 Performance_021909
If this is posted by the Labor Leaders or Safety Tem Members and you want to be included on my mailing list for this types of communications and Rules Interpretatins and various other Alerts that affect you job, please send me an email and I will gladly add you to the list.
Kevin.mcreynolds@bnsf.com is my email address and I would be happy to add you.
Thank you,
Kevin C. McReynolds
Superintendent Operating Practices
Belen, NM
Transportation Team:
A couple of updates for you:
First, on Wednesday evening this week the Surface Transportation Board (STB) reversed an earlier decision and decreed that BNSF has been overcharging an electric utility located at Moba, Wyoming just south of the Powder River Basin. BNSF is understandably concerned with this decision and our official response included the following: "The STB reversed its prior decision and has now ruled that those very same rates (those in place at the original 2006 decision) are unreasonable. It appears that the STB has awarded the shipper approximately $100 million in reparations and then capped rates for the next 16 years, for a total present value of $345 million. Despite ruling in BNSF's favor once, the STB substantially revised its large rate case rules, and then allowed the shipper to submit a reconfigured new case. BNSF believes that this case is a manipulation of the new rules and represents an outcome-oriented decision. We are currently reviewing the decision and intend to pursue all legal remedies".
Second, attached is the latest "Transport Tracker" which recaps traffic volumes and service metrics for the previous week (week ending February 13). Please note that on a year-over-year basis we improved Terminal Dwell by over 18% (vs. a 10% improvement for UPRR). We also increased overall Train Velocity by 14% on a year-over-year basis. Note that Union Pacific had a 28% improvement in Train Velocity and their velocity is now a full mile-per-hour faster than ours. In line with this, please remain focused on driving improvements in Train Velocity and Terminal Dwell. While we continue to show significant year-over-year improvement, our major competitor in the West (Union Pacific) is also showing historically uncharacteristic improvements in both Velocity and Terminal Dwell. ~ let's whip those folks in Omaha!
<<weekly Class 1 Performance_021909.pdf>>
We appreciate what you do every day for BNSF and our customers! Please continue to focus on Safe Production, Asset Velocity, and Employee Engagement!
Thanks!
weekly Class 1 Performance_021909
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