Rail Companies Issue New Status Reports on Grain Car Backlog
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Congressman Kevin Cramer announced BNSF Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) have publicly filed updated weekly grain backlog status updates as required by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB). A summary of the reporting data specific to North Dakota is below. Previous weeks are in italic.
|
BNSF |
Number of outstanding cars |
Average number of days late |
Number of new car orders |
Number of car orders filled |
Number of orders canceled by shipper |
Number of orders canceled by railroad |
|
11/23/14 – 11/29/14 |
3,783 |
14.9 days |
477 |
1,240 |
30 |
0 |
|
11/16/14 – 11/22/14 |
3,787 |
13.3 days |
546 |
962 |
33 |
0 |
|
11/09/14 – 11/15/14 |
3,005 |
14.6 days |
506 |
1,193 |
45 |
0 |
|
11/02/14 – 11/08/14 |
3,411 |
15.7 days |
433 |
1,284 |
0 |
0 |
|
10/26/14 – 11/01/14 |
3,334 |
15 days |
497 |
912 |
22 |
0 |
|
10/19/14 – 10/25/14 |
3,509 |
14 days |
195 |
1,127 |
0 |
0 |
|
10/12/14 – 10/18/14 |
3,724 |
15 days |
470 |
1,149 |
0 |
0 |
|
10/09/14 – 10/15/14 |
3,704 |
14.1 days |
341 |
1,296 |
0 |
0 |
|
CP |
Number of outstanding cars |
Average number of days late |
Number of new car orders |
Number of car orders filled |
Number of orders canceled by shipper |
Number of orders canceled by railroad |
|
11/24/14 – 11/30/14 |
1,871 |
3.70 weeks |
143 |
1,153 |
127 |
0 |
|
11/17/14 – 11/23/14 |
2,112 |
3.84 weeks |
84 |
1,513 |
215 |
0 |
|
11/09/14 – 11/15/14 |
2,684 |
2.94 weeks |
897 |
1,378 |
377 |
0 |
|
11/02/14 – 11/08/14 |
2,479 |
2.85 weeks |
636 |
1,293 |
363 |
0 |
|
10/26/14 – 11/01/14 |
2,324 |
2.42 weeks |
756 |
894 |
677 |
0 |
|
10/19/14 – 10/25/14 |
2,529 |
2.14 weeks |
1,219 |
1,424 |
527 |
0 |
|
10/12/14 – 10/18/14 |
2,031 |
2.82 weeks |
1,293 |
1,935 |
767 |
0 |
|
10/06/14 – 10/11/14 |
1,801 |
3.77 weeks |
1,015 |
1,045 |
1,015 |
0 |