Folks,
Pertinent to our recent discussions about "hotshots" and piggyback traffic, here's an excellent little "first hand" experience I got from Bill Sheppard that he's allowed me to share with the rest of the list...
- Paul
- -----Original Message-----
Subject: UPS Diversion
Paul,
When I was in charge of the Croxton Piggyback terminal in Jersey City, EL
handled a small amount of United Parcel Traffic. Over time, I developed a good
working relationship with the UPS supervisor and provided him with a set of
schedules to a number of other destinations. With this in mind, UPS contacted
me around Midnight the next time that PC experienced labor troubles at their
North Bergen ramp. The key question was whether we would hold our trains to
protect their
traffic.
Acting on my own, I delayed releasing all traffic for trains that departed
after Midnight until every UPS trailer was on board. This action was
necessary because
EL ramp cut-off times and train schedules were not designed to protect UPS
traffic that typically arrived later than other business. Needless to say, I
took quite a bit
of flak for this decision until it became clear what was at stake here and
watched
as EL then scrambled to protect this traffic to destination. Shortly
afterwards, UPS decided to go with EL with the bulk of their traffic and EL then
revamped their train
schedules to protect UPS service requirements.
Bill Sheppard
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