From the TRAINS Newswire, and AP reoprts: BNSF big winner with new Texas Toyota plant Toyota has chosen a 2,000-acre site in San Antonio, Texas, to build its sixth North American vehicle assembly plant. A new spur will enable Burlington Northern Santa Fe to serve the plant. That answers Toyota's demand to have at least two competing railways serving the factory. Union Pacific already has track near site, but had not agreed to share its give BNSF access. Toyota will build approximately 150,000 Tundra full-size trucks annually, beginning in 2006.
Interesting. It seems shippers are getting more cagy after the UP service meltdown. THis more than anything will probably drive improvements in RR performance if a shipper can say "the delivery was late so I'm switching to your competitor".
