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ed the product at our BNSF Caucus on April 23 and received excellent feedback.
Shortlines will be able to use this tool via a Web-based application with user ID and password and drill down into velocity in a robust, user-friendly manner. In addition, users will also be able to pull up ISA measurement information.
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Dick Ebel Assistant Vice President( 817) 867-2270 richard. ebel @ bnsf. com
Larry Cole Director( 817) 352-1903 lawrence. cole @ bnsf. com
Kristy Clark Director( 817) 352-3394 kristy. clark @ bnsf. com
Chris Randall Director( 817) 352-6132 chris. randall @ bnsf. com
2013 Eastern Region Meeting Sept. 8-10, 2013 Norfolk Waterside Marriott Norfolk, Va.
2014 Annual Convention April 22-25, 2014 Hilton San Diego Bayfront San Diego, Calif.
2013 Shortline Conference October 20-22, 2013 Omni Mandalay Hotel Irving, Texas
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Steve Salzman Director( 817) 352-6012 steven. salzman @ bnsf. com
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The new tools will be available later this year, and we really encourage all of you to become active users of the suite of products available.
We talk about the SCRS Industry Reference File in almost every edition of“ Shortline Connection” and this one is no different. Shortline directors are telling me that they are working with you to validate the information in the industry files for your roads. It is extremely important that this information be reviewed and updated by the stakeholders – our customers are looking at the Internet to find rail locations. If our data is inaccurate, we may both miss out on a rail move, which will go to truck very quickly.
Our BNSF customer surveys continue to have comments like:“ I want to have an easy-to-use tool to determine rail capability,”“ If I can’ t find it quickly, rail will not be used and the load will move by truck,” and“ My contact doesn’ t know the railhead address information when I ask.” We can address all of these comments when we work together to make it easier to do business in our industry.
Finally, we recently sent customers and shortlines an advisory announcing that BNSF is moving pricing behind the firewalls.
Rates and Pricing Information to Move Under the Secure Portal
In order to continue providing the proper levels of information security and to offer our customers requested capabilities and functionality( such as the Customized Rate Profile tool), all of our pricing tools have moved under the secure portal. This means that all customers and other users need to log in to access pricing tools and information. If you have already registered for our secured customer portal access, no further action is required. If you do not have a login ID, please register on our website using our new expedited registration process. Shortline requests will be evaluated on a case-bycase basis to ensure you have access to necessary pricing tools and information, whether through BNSF. com or other means. Once registered, you will have instant access to needed tools and information.
Remember to save the date for our annual shortline conference, Oct. 20-22, at the Omni Mandalay in Irving, Texas. Details will be forthcoming.
In the meantime, be prepared for those dog days. They’ re just around the corner, and we have a lot to accomplish.
Shortline Mission Statement Our vision is to realize the potential of BNSF’ s shortline connections by leveraging the capabilities of both BNSF and its shortline partners to drive profitable growth.
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