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I heard something like maxwell, nv around 720pm et but couldn't find on map, either way, disappointing progress after no updates for i think a day?

Just checked mine this morning and no change in the "arrived" date -- either it hasn't moved from previous or still in transit --- but my date to get to Richmond fell a day to 7/23 :(
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Empy has been released by customer valley nv on UP july 19th 6:15pm.
UP has it empty and headed to TX I think.

My guess is that somewhere here it switched to Convoy or a different rail car?
 
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According to UP tracking, my truck went from Blue Island, IL - Departed to that number is no longer in our system. No stops in between. Supposedly my truck shipped on June 6th and I think made it to Richmond around June 24th. Someone denied my FordPass request at that time so I’m hoping it was being offloaded from the train. I’m hoping it has just been sitting there waiting for a convoy driver.


My original delivery window was 7/9 - 7/15 but it’s now 7/17 - 7/23. :confused: only a 45 min drive to Richmond from my dealer.

My dealer has no information and Ford chat has nothing either. They only have the same rail car number and the delivery window.
 

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According to UP tracking, my truck went from Blue Island, IL - Departed to that number is no longer in our system. No stops in between. Supposedly my truck shipped on June 6th and I think made it to Richmond around June 24th. Someone denied my FordPass request at that time so I’m hoping it was being offloaded from the train. I’m hoping it has just been sitting there waiting for a convoy driver.


My original delivery window was 7/9 - 7/15 but it’s now 7/17 - 7/23. :confused: only a 45 min drive to Richmond from my dealer.

My dealer has no information and Ford chat has nothing either. They only have the same rail car number and the delivery window.
did you try united road tracking? if it showed up in richmond, it should have some notes on it.
 

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did you try united road tracking? if it showed up in richmond, it should have some notes on it.
Yep! It’s on United Road and says inactive so I called them. They guy was nice but said just because it’s on their site, doesn’t mean they will deliver it. He said there is a one in four chance that it might be them or another company. He said all of the VINs from Ford will show up on their site automatically.
 

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My train made some progress Today after no updates the past 2 days.

Loaded/Departed 7/20 @ 6:55AM, still on track for Arrival @ Richmond on 7/23.
 

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Empy has been released by customer valley nv on UP july 19th 6:15pm.
UP has it empty and headed to TX I think.

My guess is that somewhere here it switched to Convoy or a different rail car?

I would assume it was unpacked @ Richmond and is now heading away. But, it seems like that would have been too fast. But, who knows :)
 
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I would assume it was unpacked @ Richmond and is now heading away. But, it seems like that would have been too fast. But, who knows :)
Only other conclusion - lets hope its this one.
 

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My original delivery date of 7/9 - 7/15 has been pushed back to 7/22 - 7/28, this is the third push back. I spoke with Ford chat today and they said it is still in Blue Island, IL and set for delivery by 7/28 but they have also said a bunch of other dates in the past. They said there is no hold, no recall and really had no other information. They gave me the same railcar number from a month ago and when I called Union Pacific today, the machine now says the status is empty.

They also said that I should speak to my dealer because they will know more. My dealer knows nothing. They just look at the order tracker site and throw up their hands 🤷‍♂️. I've asked them for a vehicle visibility report, and they said they don't know what that is.

IF my truck makes it on the train and IF it gets to California by 7/28. It would take a miracle for it to make it here before 8/1 when my interest rates go up. It will likely get stuck in Richmond for weeks.

I wonder how the battery is doing after being charged to 100% on 6/6 and then just sitting somewhere else for over a month. Luckily a few other members mentioned that the phantom draw is really low. I just hope it can take months and months without a charge.

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@Ford Motor Company what is going on? Why is my truck just sitting in Blue Island when it shipped on 6/6?
 

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My original delivery date of 7/9 - 7/15 has been pushed back to 7/22 - 7/28, this is the third push back. I spoke with Ford chat today and they said it is still in Blue Island, IL and set for delivery by 7/28 but they have also said a bunch of other dates in the past. They said there is no hold, no recall and really had no other information. They gave me the same railcar number from a month ago and when I called Union Pacific today, the machine now says the status is empty.

They also said that I should speak to my dealer because they will know more. My dealer knows nothing. They just look at the order tracker site and throw up their hands 🤷‍♂️. I've asked them for a vehicle visibility report, and they said they don't know what that is.

IF my truck makes it on the train and IF it gets to California by 7/28. It would take a miracle for it to make it here before 8/1 when my interest rates go up. It will likely get stuck in Richmond for weeks.

I wonder how the battery is doing after being charged to 100% on 6/6 and then just sitting somewhere else for over a month. Luckily a few other members mentioned that the phantom draw is really low. I just hope it can take months and months without a charge.

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@Ford Motor Company what is going on? Why is my truck just sitting in Blue Island when it shipped on 6/6?

Just for reference.

I think once a train gets to Blue Island, IL, Ford's internal tracking doesn't keep up w/ the stops until it reaches it's last destination.

If I asked Ford, I would likely find out that my truck is still in Blue Island as well. But, I think right now it's probably in Utah or Nevada.

I would guess, based on what you said that your Truck is in Richmond in the back of the lot @ the train unloading area waiting for your dealer to pick it up. Talked w/ my Dealer Yesterday and he said the first one's that come off the train are sometimes the last to leave because they are hard to get too.

Some dealers aren't as knowledge or proactive as others in tracking down Trucks in this hell'ish supply chain landscape.

However, many other things could happen as well :)
 

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My railcar says Richmond arrival on the 23rd at 10 am according to UP. It was bouncing back and forth between the 22nd and 23rd. Seems to have settled on the 23rd. Only other place it mentions is west Chicago. It had said departed and then received over and over with times but always references west chi. I guess once it arrives then it's the wait for a transport up to Sonora. Smaller dealer so I hope they make a special trip since I doubt they would have a full transport just to Sonora anytime soon. Installing my charger today. Just a little core drilling through my garage floor. Should be fun.
 

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My railcar says Richmond arrival on the 23rd at 10 am according to UP. It was bouncing back and forth between the 22nd and 23rd. Seems to have settled on the 23rd. Only other place it mentions is west Chicago. It had said departed and then received over and over with times but always references west chi. I guess once it arrives then it's the wait for a transport up to Sonora. Smaller dealer so I hope they make a special trip since I doubt they would have a full transport just to Sonora anytime soon. Installing my charger today. Just a little core drilling through my garage floor. Should be fun.
Probably same train as mine (my car# TTGX987108 ).

Sometime recently? UP tracking stopped mentioning all stops... It only mentions the origin (Chicago) and the destinations ("Industry" generic for all destinations).
 

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Only other conclusion - lets hope its this one.
can't be the case that it was unloaded in richmond. would have had to go nonstop through socal. but not sure any other explanation makes sense either though.
 
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Emailed my sales guy and he mentioned Las Vegas - but im not sure where he picked up this city name as I only metioned I tracked it to Nevada.

He speculates its the BNSF embargo and we might be sitting in a lot before CA. However he also says its just his personal guess not Fords.

We shall see.
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