BNSF Executive Chairman Matt Rose joked that pickup truck hauling by rail appears to be "the next great line of business" for the railroad.
Rose says BNSF is hauling 240 pickups daily by rail to Fargo, ND, and St. Paul, Minnesota. He says that's a 543 percent increase since 2011.15 pick-ups daily in 2011: 100% increase would have been 30?
Another 100% increase would have been 60.
Another 100% increase would have been 120.
Another 100% increase would have been 240.
Or 540% of "what" = 240
About 45 pickups.
So, I guess somewhere between 10 and 45 pickups were being delivered on a daily basis by BNSF three years ago, and now they are up to 240 pickups daily.
It would have been interesting to get the number being delivered to Minot, and even more interesting to get the breakdown by brand.
BNSF doesn't offload autoracks in Minot. Technically they don't offload autoracks anywhere in North Dakota, since the facility referred to in this article is located not in Fargo, but on the other side of the Red River in Dilworth, MN.
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