✅ 9/12 Lightning Build Week Group

[Saul Goodman]

Clarification on the rail journey in case it helps anyone else keep track of their progress-
It was put on Canadian National and made it to the CN Markham, IL (south Chicagoland) yard from Flat Rock. The car is scheduled to depart at 12AM 10/13 (approx 24 hours after arrival at the CN yard?) for the Riverdale, IL IHB Blue Island yard 4.1 miles away for transfer to BNSF in the early hours of 10/13. My window was 10/7-13. From there I’ll have to pick up the thread tomorrow.
According to BNSF maps they have what appears to be a direct line to an Omaha auto station from Chicago.

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[craig040608]

I just called the Norfolk Southern automated update line and found out the railcar with my truck "departed Madison, IL" (St Louis area) at roughly 0200 this morning.

What the heck? Why it wouldn't be on the same train as @Saul Goodman coming to Omaha is beyond me.. and NS doesn't seem to service Omaha, so likely swapping somewhere. So many questions, so few answers.

 

[Saul Goodman]

My completely amateur assumption is that they plug in some form of start and end points and get back an optimal route of transit based on availability, etc. Mine is probably going to Omaha and taking a ride across town, where yours might be on NS line to Lincoln and going back NE, based on an algorithm or something.

 

[craig040608]

My completely amateur assumption is that they plug in some form of start and end points and get back an optimal route of transit based on availability, etc. Mine is probably going to Omaha and taking a ride across town, where yours might be on NS line to Lincoln and going back NE, based on an algorithm or something.

Just got off the phone with my dealer and he's showing it still in Flat Rock, MI on the same railcar, but hasn't updated in two days. Hoping that's wrong.

Since NS doesn't serve any of Nebraska, I'm worried it's going to Kansas City, THEN it'll swap to UP or BNSF coming to Omaha. There, it'll sit waiting for a truck to come the final 30 miles.

 

[PV2EV]

Yesterday the railcar was "Empty" and the truck was "Released to Industry". The convoy company confirmed this morning that it was "Delivered" to the dealer!!!

Now for the PDI and hobbled (post surgical) pickup.

 

[Quarter2heavy]

They didn't even wash it before taking the picture...

 

[greenne]

I also received my "assembly line" pic today. At least mine was clean!

 

[Saul Goodman]

IHB denying tracing info

 

[PV2EV]

IHB denying tracing info

You called the UP number? You will only get an event (arrived/departed) and a date an time, not a location.

 

[Saul Goodman]

UP says loaded interchange delivery 11pm last night origin ramp Milpitas- is that location just a default?

CSX has a September release in WA, so their tracker has not picked up this journey.

 

[Saul Goodman]

Updates to ‘loaded interchange receipt’ last night. I’m assuming that means it hasn’t physically moved, but BNSF is now in possession of the car from IHB.

 

[PV2EV]

Updates to ‘loaded interchange receipt’ last night. I’m assuming that means it hasn’t physically moved, but BNSF is now in possession of the car from IHB.

This is a reasonable assumption. Good luck!

 

[Saul Goodman]

Ayy we got movement. Loaded, arrival, approx 3.5 hours after the last update of receipt. Wish I knew where.

 

[greenne]

Update: My truck was actually loaded onto the railcar this morning. For some reason the previous railcar info was incorrect (I suspect that they may have switched railcars as the original railcar has been constantly been delayed past 3 days as I headed West).

CSX reports railcar has been loaded and manifested but not left New Boston yet.

Hopefully it starts headed East soon(the correct direction).

 

[JackBurtonJr]

I also received my "assembly line" pic today. At least mine was clean!

Does everybody get a pic of their order on the line… am I missing something

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