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INTERMODAL BULLETIN -- 2005-001
Title: Bulletin 2005-001 ... Service Interruption
Posted Date: January 11, 2005

Service Interruption
Bulletin 2005 - 001
January 11, 2005

Dear Intermodal Customer:

As a result of high water, washouts and mud/rock slides in Southern California and Southern Nevada, the AAR will issue today our embargo request for all intermodal traffic moving between the Midwest and the Los Angeles Basin.

The embargo is effective today at noon Pacific time, Tuesday, January 11, 2005, at which time we will no longer accept impacted traffic at our intermodal terminals or on-dock facilities. This impacts all traffic moving between the following Los Angeles area ramps: ICTF, City of Industry, East Los Angeles and all on-dock locations and Midwest ramps in Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Council Bluffs, Salt Lake City and Denver. For more information on our embargo, please visit our web site at www.uprr.com/customers/embargo/index.shtml

We will continue to provide updates on the status of our operations on our web site at www.uprr.com/customers.

Thank you for your cooperation as we work to restore fluid operations in the area.

Sincerely,

Intermodal Business Team
Union Pacific Railroad

I'm headed to Birmingham, AL on Sunday to repair/upgrade the hardware/software on my 5 coal cars. Fortunately, they won't have to deal with the intermodal embargo. I suspect it will have a severe impact on UP rail activity going through Pocatello. That is the majority of traffic passing through town.

Landslide Under Tracks Halts Amtrak Service
Service Closed From San Diego To San Luis Obispo

LOS ANGELES -- Due to weather-related disruptions, there was no Pacific Surfliner service Wednesday along the entire route from San Diego to San Luis Obispo, according to Amtrak.

Amtrak announced on Sunday that, due to a Union Pacific track closure near Gaviota, all Pacific Surfliner service north of Los Angeles was canceled until further notice.

Also, until further notice, the Coast Starlight -- trains 11 and 14 -- are originating and terminating in San Luis Obispo instead of Los Angeles, with alternate transportation provided between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo with the exception of Simi Valley.

For more information, passengers may call (800) USA-RAIL for updates.

So between AMTRAK and Union Pacific, what are the train cancellations going to mean for supplies, if anything?