Precision Scheduled Railroading

3 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 29, 2022 by Keith Creel · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Nov 29, 2022 positive
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Creel: Precision Scheduled Railroading cut CP's active locomotives by one-third
“At CP, when we implemented Precision Scheduled Railroad back in 2012, 2013 we were running with 1500 locomotives in service a day. Today we're moving more freight With about two-thirds of that, so a thousand to 1100.”
Keith Creel Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 14:32 Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad
Nov 29, 2022 negative
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Creel: Leaving rail cars behind causes compounding weekly network inefficiencies
“Well, if on Tuesday, I miss 10 cars, well, on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, that pressure builds up, and I have more trains than I have capacity, more demand cars than I have trains to move it on. Going back to what I said, one train a day, It's all defined on …”
Keith Creel Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 44:12 Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad
Nov 29, 2022 positive
Insight
Creel: The ideal rail siding design is 12,000 feet every 15 miles
“The perfect design, or at least in my 30 years of experience doing this, is having a 10 or 12,000 foot siding every 15 miles. That allows you the right spacing to be able to sequence trains, run long trains, make train meets, and still be efficient.”
Keith Creel Nov 29, 2022 ▶ 12:25 Keith Creel: Lessons from Life on the Railroad
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