Railway Performance Report - Grain Week 6‏

[bucket]

Same here riders.

The closest two points don't know when they will buy wheat.

It means trucking further.

Tom's probably getting serviced being closer to the coast.

Why pull grain from the middle of saskatchewan if they can get it from Alberta?

[wmoebis]

Other than producer cars, "WE" don't load cars. "WE" pay the grain companies to load them then if "THEY" don't load them on time The Grain Companies" pass that back onto us. Do you think they are passing back the savings for loading unit trains or when ships are loaded early?

There is no reason that a grain company can't take grain in the month it is contracted for. Poor RR service should NOT be farmers fight. If grain companies want to contract they should build bigger facilities to handle that contract, just like farmers buy bins, store on the ground or what ever, to handle a big crop. Grain companies can get permission to use temporary storage from the CGC.

We are living in a different era than when we had orderly marketing and this was the very reason that the quota system was implemented. So that it didn't matter where you farmed you got to move at least some grain to help pay your bills.

Not saying that the change was all bad thing but it sure wasn't thought out.

[TOM4CWB]

Wm,

We have a shortline RR where we do load cars... for Grain co's especially that buy specialty grains. Innovation and creative people are the hallmark of the heritage here... in western Canada!