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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by DingusKhan
Why can't you go to the plant and pick them up there and drive them home? Use the $1100 delivery for the trip.
Has to do with marketing laws. All states make it illegal to direct market vehicles and they have to be sold through independent dealers. Picking it up direct would violate contracts and laws which have been effect for years.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 01:47 AM
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So can the dealer hire someone to go get it?

Ooh. Ooh. Me. Me...
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 06:35 AM
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Got my window sticker this morning and it says rail for transport.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 07:42 AM
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Originally Posted by DingusKhan
So can the dealer hire someone to go get it?

Ooh. Ooh. Me. Me...
Get your class A and a job driving portable parking lots!!! You can bring em in by the half dozen!!
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 08:52 AM
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So glad this Thread has become very helpful for others. This should be a stickied thread!
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by brandon4
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...
Yes, I picked up my truck yesterday and have all of about 30 minutes in the driver seat. I'm about to post up some photos as stuff. Building and tracking was fun and all but I'm glad to be done with that phase. I used keypad entry for the car name and number so the only thing I would have to speak was "DONE". It was always hilarious because my wife would be quietly scrolling down on Facebook or whatever and I would be on the phone punching numbers and then out of nowhere I would sharply say "DONE". Scared her almost every time. She'd yell at me to "STOP IT!" and I'd say "I love you honey..." with that little grin.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 01:24 PM
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My ETIS shows my truck being built yesterday. Window sticker says rail transport. What is next step to plug into some tracking info?
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 02:46 PM
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Call the dealer and get your rail car number. It will be on the vehicle history/visibility report. Then you can use the phone system to follow the rail car all the way to it's final destination.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 07:02 PM
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Once the vehicle is "in transit" it will have this info on the Visibility report? I ask because as of this evening Ford Chat has told me my truck is "in transit" but still can't give me an ETA. I will be calling my dealer in the morning and also Customer Care to see if they can extend my 4 (yes four) $750 private cash coupons since they expire Saturday and I don't expect to take delivery by then. Or if they can even use all 4 of them.
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 08:16 PM
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Union Pacific tracking

What's the best way to track UP? I went to their site and no luck. It's rail car 542578
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by hollapm
What's the best way to track UP? I went to their site and no luck. It's rail car 542578
you'll also need the letter prefix for the car
 
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Old Nov 1, 2016 | 10:18 PM
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Read the Rail Car Tracking thread for detailed instructions.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 11:30 AM
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Well mine hasn't gotten very far. The rail car left KTP on 11/1 at 14:00, passed Obannon, and is now in Louisville as of 10:09pm last night.


Rail car is TTGX994383 if anyone else can see realtime location of it.


Thx
 
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Blk04Snake
Well mine hasn't gotten very far. The rail car left KTP on 11/1 at 14:00, passed Obannon, and is now in Louisville as of 10:09pm last night.


Rail car is TTGX994383 if anyone else can see realtime location of it.


Thx
I tried to trace it on the CSXT website and it says I am not a party to the waybill
 
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 05:11 PM
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Mine hasn't got very far either, it is supposedly sitting at the rail yard waiting transport still.
 
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