They have software out there to track rail cars but it is for tracking many cars at once for companies and you need to pay and register. Some you can even have live GPS on a map. The use case for tracking a single car is basically just impatient guys waiting for trucks
Rail Car Tracking
- OP 🔹 Jolagues
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"The use case for tracking a single car is basically just impatient guys waiting for trucks"
You write like this is a problem.
Do you guys know what released to customer means?
The rail car is at its final destination for unloading.
What it does not tell you is when they will unload it.
says released by the customer... im just not sure what exactly that means. is it on a truck headed to the dealer?
this is by far the worst part, knowing its in town.
sry I didn't answer the question, the call in thing says, empty has been released by the customer.
The rail car is unloaded and ready for pick-up.
Here is So Cal that means the truck is sitting in Mira Loma http://wikimapia.org/8742784/Union-Pacific-Railroad-Automobile-Distribution-Center and waiting for a truck to pick it up and deliver it to the dealer. In San Diego it could be here https://www.pashagroup.com/locations/pasha-automotive-services/214. I don't know about anywhere else.
I'm in the same situation as some of you. Tracked my truck and it arrived at the Mira Loma rail yard on 7/4. My dealer is about 75 miles away from that location. With all things aside like staffing shortages/strikes/etc, does anyone have a ballpark timeframe for how long it takes to complete the inspection off the railcar and then loaded to a vehicle transport truck? And would my dealer have the information of when it will be delivered?
when dose it go south like to La ?
Mine is shipping to Central Texas. It Left Kentucky last week and went to Roselake, Illinois. Doesn’t give me any more tracking info. I’m guessing it’s going to another rail company to make its way down south?
Here is a fun site to check and see your routes:
www.acwr.com
Interactive Maps of U.S. Freight Railroads - ACW Railway Company
The Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company runs from Charlotte, NC to Pinehurst and connects to Norfolk Southern and CSX Transportation
Mine is inbound to San Antonio, Texas. It switched to UP after it sat near Chicago for a few days. It’s over halfway though Arkansas now. It’s kind of neat tracking it cause every time I call the CSX status line it tells me the last UP checkpoint/city it went through. Hopefully that thing keeps on rolling.
I tracked mine with CSX all the way to destination in Canada. I assume because it's still a csx car you should always be able to trace it.
I checked yesterday at 7:30 PM and there was "No Status Available". When I called a few minutes ago the railcar left out last night @ 11:11 PM and is due in today at 3:46 PM. From there it'll be up to when transporter gets there and hopefully it'll be one day this week.
The rail car tracking is about as bad as Fords communication skills so I’m done with that…it’s shipped and it will get to the dealer when it gets there..
I found csx tracking to be excellent and it updated very fast. I called and sometimes I caught an update that happened minutes ago.The rail car tracking is about as bad as Fords communication skills so I’m done with that…it’s shipped and it will get to the dealer when it gets there..
CSX tracking was great for me too. Everything goes dark once it is released to customer. Just sits in the yard waiting for final transport.
That’s where I’m at. My truck is in a rail yard in San Antonio. Got there there yesterday with an estimated eta to dealer of Aug 2.. The dealer is like 45 min away too. Sucks.
Yep mine has been sitting since Wednesday too and I emailed the dealer to see what's up but no response yet. Dealer is less than 20 minutes from the rail yard. Probably not allowed but I even asked if they could just send one of their guys over to get it.
