For anyone interested in railroad operations check out Decembers Trains Magazine, "24 hours at Willow Springs", pages 46-55.
Excellent insights about the challenges BNSF goes through to keep the intermodal trains that pick-up, set-out here on time.
So much more to it than what this railfan would have thought
BNSF Willow Springs Operations
BNSF Willow Springs Operations
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Re: BNSF Willow Springs Operations
Its quite an operation. I have traveled thru this area twice on my way to and from Rochelle as well as the Racetrack, always a different surprise.
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Re: BNSF Willow Springs Operations
The UPS operations are incredible. Though not really train related, I saw a good show about UPS Worldport, their airport operation hub in Louisville KY, IIRC it was a Nat Geo program and I saw it on either Netflix or Youtube. The size and efficiency of UPS is amazing!