What's taking so long?

[phloop]

My truck shipped from the plant on the 13th. of the month. Right now it is in Cheyenne Wy been sitting there since shortly after midnight. So far it has sat on some siding more than it has traveled down the track's. #@$%! I could have flown down to the plant after it was released and drove it back faster than UP has moved it. AND, they keep moving the arrival date back. AARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

 

[Doughboy21kd]

Waiting

Seems like you always have to wait for the good things to come your way. Oo. Oo. :-laf :-laf



What is new one? G56 or 48re?

 

[phloop]

Seems like you always have to wait for the good things to come your way. Oo. Oo. :-laf :-laf



What is new one? G56 or 48re?

It is a 48RE, same as the 04. 5. After having a '97 PSD/5spd and getting stuck in a traffic jam, my left knee told me that it was going to kick my butt if I kept a manual. :-laf And that was after installing a new single mass ConO Fe clutch.



And I can not wait for this nightmare to end. Oo.

 

[MoparBob]

I feel your pain. Knowing my inability to even wait patiently for a part or two for one of my toys, I certainly am unable to wait for the new toys! Be strong, and lean on your fellow Diesel pervs for support! We're with you.



Oh, and by the way... does anyone know of any good diesel addiction support groups? My wife says I need help. Have any of ya'll heard this before?

 

[wyosteve]

Tell me what it looks like--I'll put it on my flatbed and bring it to you!!

 

[RobertP]

Oh, and by the way... does anyone know of any good diesel addiction support groups? My wife says I need help. Have any of ya'll heard this before?



I HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME DO YOU GUYS ALSO GET THE NOTHING DIESEL ON SUNDAY RULE. I GET IN TROUBLE FOR THIS ONE WEEKLY :-laf

 

[AWay]

another still waiting

Dealer called me 6/9, said my new one (the 06 listed in my signature) had shipped and should be in the next week. Called him on 6/23 and asked what the " ". Said it should be here next Wed or Thur. Well here it is 7 PM on the next Thur (6/29) and nothing, no truck. :-{}



So I feel your pain and depression. Traded in an 04 3500 SRW Cummins with an auto.

 

[phloop]

Tell me what it looks like--I'll put it on my flatbed and bring it to you!!

It's about 45' long, about 14' tall, is yellow, and has UP TTGX 982983 painted on the side. Should be a whole row of them hooked together. :-laf



Actually, it is an Inferno red QC DRW 4x4 Laramie. And if you can get it off of the rail car, I will meet you half way and buy you dinner. And your choice of refreshments.



Heard of any derailments around the Cheyenne area? Or see a lost train any where?



And as for a support group, so far the best one I have found is the TDR. Only problem is, it get's kinda spendy at times.

 

[MLimpert]

The wait is part of the fun... . or something like that

 

[phloop]

Dealer called me 6/9, said my new one (the 06 listed in my signature) had shipped and should be in the next week. Called him on 6/23 and asked what the " ". Said it should be here next Wed or Thur. Well here it is 7 PM on the next Thur (6/29) and nothing, no truck. :-{}



So I feel your pain and depression. Traded in an 04 3500 SRW Cummins with an auto.

Sounds like the same story. Mine shipped on the 13th should have been here today. Mine has already been to St. Louis, I think it sat there for about a day. I did find out that the cars and trucks sit around the receiving yard for a week to ten days, maybe longer. Any idea on what the rail car # is? If so, PM me and I will see if I can find out where it is.

 

[AWay]

No idea on the car #. Heck, I'm only an hour and a half from St. Louis. Would gladely go there and drive it home for them at no charge, hell I'd even pay for the fuel.

 

[phloop]

Get in touch with your dealer this morning and ask him for the rail car #. He should have no problem giving it too you, just tell him you found a way to be able too trace the RR car's.

 

[wyosteve]

phloop--the trains run past my house at the end of the pasture. Seems like there have been fewer running the past week or so. At one point I know UP was backed up b/c they didn't have enough engineers. They were trying to hire like 700. If I see it I'll at least take a picture for you to salivate over!!

 

[phloop]

Thanks. It is actually on the move again. It left Cheyenne around 3 this morning.



Where can one go to become an engineer? Sounds like it might be interesting.

 

[jtrent]

I ordered my '98 in Jan and got delivery in July just before the '99's came out. No amount of calling Chrysler or the dealer helped. This was my 3rd new Dodge truck. I am happy with it but couldn't understand the wait. Dealer originally said 6-8 weeks. Later found out that they wait for enough orders of the same type vehicle to make a production run. Mine was made in St. Louis and I live in OK at the time. Seems like it spent a couple of weeks on the rail also.

 

[SHobbs]

I am not even going to defend my employer Union Pacific at all. You have to understand that the company is being run by a bunch of guys right out of college or older guys that have vitually no rr experience. Everything is done according to the " T " plan. We have a yardmaster in Arlington where I work that has never moved a box car in his life and has no clue what it takes to move a car here or there or even what it takes to break a train down after it arrives in the yard. He can't firgure out why we can't get things done because the computer generated "T" plan says it should be done in a certain amount of time and can't understand why it takes longer. Alot of our dispatchers have no ground experience moving cars, the same goes with corridor managers.



It is very unusual for deliveries of automobiles to be delayed being that the manufacturers have raised cain before about late deliveries.

 

[jimnance]

Don't know for sure, but I heard the auto contract with the rail is bid pretty low. Rail demand is at or near all time highs. For some shippers it is now cheaper to ship by truck. The stack trains with cargo from the far east are lined up almost end to end going east. Of course the empty or full trailers must come back. Sooo, if you are UP do you take the gravy or the low bid stuff. I'm betting they are moving the high dollar stuff first with the autos getting lower priority. Also, all the domestic auto makers have cash flow/payment issues. As you know, most are way in the red. So again, do you prioritize the business that pays well or pays slow?



I really don't know this and is conjecture on my part, but I'm involved in trucking and logistics so I know how things work. There is no reason for the trains to set on the sidings so long unless it is getting low priority. We can get a rail trailer from Chicago in 4-5 days, so something is going on.

 

[SHobbs]

Up only wants the gravy stuff I can tell ya that. All of the industrial work we do as far as moving cars to small customers that only need say 5 cars a week are being given to short line rr's. They tend to run off the little guy and keep the big fat cat.

 

[AWay]

Get in touch with your dealer this morning and ask him for the rail car #. He should have no problem giving it too you, just tell him you found a way to be able too trace the RR car's.

Dealer called me tonight, said he couldn't give me RR car #, cause truck wasn't on it anymore. It's been setting in Centerville, IA for 2 days waiting to be transported. Said system shows delivery on 7/3, next Wednesday. Oo.

 

[JThiessen]

Phloop: Man, you ordered yours the same time I did. The dually option must have put it a couple weeks back on the build schedule. I put some pics up in my readers rigs. I'm really liking the color!