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Old Oct 30, 2016 | 05:07 PM
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If this can be tracked it would be awesome. TTGX691498. It is on its way to Utah. Thanks
 
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Old Oct 30, 2016 | 05:24 PM
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1. Dial-877-744-7279
2. Press 5
3. Press 3.......phone will ring like connecting you to someone but just another prompt menu
4. Press 1
5. Asks for car letter--(mine was TTGX820695)--you must enter the first letter then 1,2, or 3 for which letter on the corresponding # on the keypad. So mine was 8 & 1 (for T), then 8 & 1 (for T again), 4 & 1 (for G), 9 & 2 (for X).
6. It will ask for car # (I entered 820695)
7. It will ask u for more or say "DONE"
8. Will tell you rail are location
 
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Old Oct 30, 2016 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by wb6anp
1. Dial-877-744-7279
2. Press 5
3. Press 3.......phone will ring like connecting you to someone but just another prompt menu
4. Press 1
5. Asks for car letter--(mine was TTGX820695)--you must enter the first letter then 1,2, or 3 for which letter on the corresponding # on the keypad. So mine was 8 & 1 (for T), then 8 & 1 (for T again), 4 & 1 (for G), 9 & 2 (for X).
6. It will ask for car # (I entered 820695)
7. It will ask u for more or say "DONE"
8. Will tell you rail are location
I did that and it said car was placed at location. I assume that means it is off the train? And waiting for a ride to the dealer?
Thanks for the help👍

Maybe a truck as soon as tomorrow or Tuesday.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2016 | 05:51 PM
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Probably means railcar is placed for unloading.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2016 | 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by wb6anp
Probably means railcar is placed for unloading.
I'm about three hours from the train station. Any guess on time frame from rail yard to dealer?

Maybe call them in my most professional voice😂
 
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Old Oct 30, 2016 | 06:00 PM
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Our Auto yard, just a few thousand for the truck to get lost in.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 12:41 AM
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Originally Posted by wb6anp

Our Auto yard, just a few thousand for the truck to get lost in.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by SBC
I did that and it said car was placed at location. I assume that means it is off the train? And waiting for a ride to the dealer?
Thanks for the help👍

Maybe a truck as soon as tomorrow or Tuesday.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 02:04 AM
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Isn't it so cool to track the trucks? I swear my wife thinks I'm a total geek each time I reported a new location. Still fun though. A standard rail delivery can go fast or slow and really depends on how many cars they're working on and how many folks show up to work on a given day. My rail car was placed for a day before it was unloaded. Then it sat Ready in a numbered section until it was assigned to a transport load and truck. The dispatch officer does have authority to fill up those trucks in many different ways. They can mark any given car a higher priority and then choose a tranport vehicle to send it on. In a really speedy scenario where the truck is unloaded on the day it arrives at the rail terminal, it could be selected for delivery the same day. Transport time is then dependent upon the distance and route the driver has to take. He may stop and unload a couple of cars at several dealerships before he gets to yours. Of course it can be slower.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by EpicCowlick
Isn't it so cool to track the trucks? I swear my wife thinks I'm a total geek each time I reported a new location. Still fun though. A standard rail delivery can go fast or slow and really depends on how many cars they're working on and how many folks show up to work on a given day. My rail car was placed for a day before it was unloaded. Then it sat Ready in a numbered section until it was assigned to a transport load and truck. The dispatch officer does have authority to fill up those trucks in many different ways. They can mark any given car a higher priority and then choose a tranport vehicle to send it on. In a really speedy scenario where the truck is unloaded on the day it arrives at the rail terminal, it could be selected for delivery the same day. Transport time is then dependent upon the distance and route the driver has to take. He may stop and unload a couple of cars at several dealerships before he gets to yours. Of course it can be slower.
I work in the Houston area and I see dealers coming to the unloading facility frequently to pick up new vehicles instead of waiting on a transport. Maybe you can talk your dealer into doing this to expedite delivery.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 05:23 AM
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Anybody tracking rail transport on the east coast?

Any idea where they would be unloaded in PA? I'm 600 miles from KTP, assume it would still go by rail? I'm still 3 or 4 weeks (or so) away from delivery but curious as the date gets closer.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 05:33 AM
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felix - probably depends where in PA... I know NY from about I-81 west uses the Buffalo rail yard... western PA may as well...
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 05:57 AM
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Thanks Xwild. Well, we have some rail yards or hubs in the area, Harrisburg and Enola (just outside Harrisburg) but I don't know if they are big enough or handle auto transport. I just don't know anything about rail transport to even guess!
 
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Old Oct 31, 2016 | 10:30 PM
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So Epic, did u get your truck? Mine builds this Friday.

I ordered a '13 and in March that year I tracked it thru ND on its way to Laurel. One morning I checked and it was in my town of Dickinson. I took my boys on the way to school and found the rail car. About a half mile from the elementary school. We drove down along the train tracks til we found it....


My wife walks around the house teasing me saying "TTGX" cause she can't stand the way I say it in the phone. She laughs each time too...
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 01:19 AM
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Why can't you go to the plant and pick them up there and drive them home? Use the $1100 delivery for the trip.
 
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