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[Sea Ranch]

Thank you. Given the estimated delivery to the dealership (about 50 miles from Richmond) of July 31 to Aug. 6, that makes sense. That gives me more hope that all is well. The Port of Benicia is where Porsche and Audi (among others) are offloaded from the vehicle carriers that dock there. It is my understanding that Ford vehicles are offloaded from the railcars in Richmond and loaded onto the vehicle carriers to travel to the dealerships.

When using the automated tracing for a railcar on UP, they give a time and date to reach Industry. It is confirmed, "Industry" is a generic term used for final destination. However, I don't know for sure if that means the final rail yard where the vehicles are transferred to the vehicle carriers for the drive to the dealership or the actual delivery to the dealership. I am assuming the former.

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[gorwell]

. It is confirmed, "Industry" is a generic term used for final destination. However, I don't know for sure if that means the final rail yard where the vehicles are transferred to the vehicle carriers for the drive to the dealership or the actual delivery to the dealership. I am assuming the former.

Yes, Industry is generic for last stop to unload. Pretty sure it's generic for security reasons, so random people cannot track the destination of a load.

It's the railyard. UP has no involvement in final destination at your dealer.

 

[Sea Ranch]

Yes, Industry is generic for last stop to unload. Pretty sure it's generic for security reasons, so random people cannot track the destination of a load.

It's the railyard. UP has no involvement in final destination at your dealer.

Thank you. That little mystery for me is now solved. The unload date is 5 days prior to the earliest estimated delivery to the dealership. That all sounds reasonable for an on-time delivery .

 

[Firestop]

Thank you. That little mystery for me is now solved. The unload date is 5 days prior to the earliest estimated delivery to the dealership. That all sounds reasonable for an on-time delivery .

In my case, my rail car was delivered by BNSF to the Port of Portland (OR) Terminal 6 rail yard. The rail car was then switched to the adjacent United Logistics yard where it was unloaded….elapsed time was ~17 hrs based on notification time stamps.

From that point UL schedules to the appropriate dealer at their discretion if it has been approved (Ford???) to be released…mine shipped out ~48 hrs after being accepted by UL for an 80 mile final transit south…

My dealer said he didn’t have any control…they can ask UL to “hot sheet” a specific vehicle, but never know if it will make a difference. He said my quick delivery was my luck of the draw as there were 7 other of their vehicles in the queue ahead of mine and a total of 21 of their vehicles sitting in UL’s lot that were waiting with me.

He added that all but 3 of those in UL’s yard were anxious customer custom orders, so his question is who does he ask to be put in the life boat? I understand his dilemma….and feel very lucky I’m picking my truck up tomorrow!

 

[Sea Ranch]

In my case, my rail car was delivered by BNSF to the Port of Portland (OR) Terminal 6 rail yard. The rail car was then switched to the adjacent United Logistics yard where it was unloaded….elapsed time was ~17 hrs based on notification time stamps.

From that point UL schedules to the appropriate dealer at their discretion if it has been approved (Ford???) to be released…mine shipped out ~48 hrs after being accepted by UL for an 80 mile final transit south…

My dealer said he didn’t have any control…they can ask UL to “hot sheet” a specific vehicle, but never know if it will make a difference. He said my quick delivery was my luck of the draw as there were 7 other of their vehicles in the queue ahead of mine and a total of 21 of their vehicles sitting in UL’s lot that were waiting with me.

He added that all but 3 of those in UL’s yard were anxious customer custom orders, so his question is who does he ask to be put in the life boat? I under his dilemma….and feel very lucky I’m picking my truck up tomorrow!

Thank you for the overview of the movement of your truck from offloading through delivery. That gives me even more hope. Congratulations on picking your truck up tomorrow! Let's see some photos soon . I was happy to hear that my dealership has delivered a number of Lightning trucks in the past few weeks so the excitement of the sales and service people have worn off a bit and I don't have to worry about too much "activity" with my truck.

 

[Prime8]

In my case, my rail car was delivered by BNSF to the Port of Portland (OR) Terminal 6 rail yard. The rail car was then switched to the adjacent United Logistics yard where it was unloaded….elapsed time was ~17 hrs based on notification time stamps.

From that point UL schedules to the appropriate dealer at their discretion if it has been approved (Ford???) to be released…mine shipped out ~48 hrs after being accepted by UL for an 80 mile final transit south…

My dealer said he didn’t have any control…they can ask UL to “hot sheet” a specific vehicle, but never know if it will make a difference. He said my quick delivery was my luck of the draw as there were 7 other of their vehicles in the queue ahead of mine and a total of 21 of their vehicles sitting in UL’s lot that were waiting with me.

He added that all but 3 of those in UL’s yard were anxious customer custom orders, so his question is who does he ask to be put in the life boat? I under his dilemma….and feel very lucky I’m picking my truck up tomorrow!

You seem to be the rail car whisperer of the thread , any idea why the rail car my truck is/was on is recorded as "empty" on the tracking centers? edit to clarify: The truck is supposed to go to the SF bay area but rail car shows leaving Las Vegas empty, is it common for rail cars to be listed as empty in error or did my truck marry a stripper in a drive thru chapel and now deals blackjack in Caesars Palace?

 

[MacMike]

Picked mine up today in Houston!

 

[Firestop]

You seem to be the rail car whisperer of the thread , any idea why the rail car my truck is/was on is recorded as "empty" on the tracking centers? edit to clarify: The truck is supposed to go to the SF bay area but rail car shows leaving Las Vegas empty, is it common for rail cars to be listed as empty in error or did my truck marry a stripper in a drive thru chapel and now deals blackjack in Caesars Palace?

Nope, wish I could help…there are some nice folks on the forum who work in the rail industry who may be able to help decipher the terminology.

I’d go with the stripper theory?, anything else would be pure speculation on my part?

No expert/expertise here, just a self-taught student of the game who was additionally educated/schooled by some very nice & experienced members of this forum. The more I learn, the more I realize how ignorant I am……

I found the automated rail car trackers interesting…both CSX and UP provided tracking records for my rail car….old information from the last time each of them had transported it. It took some attentive listening and parsing of the information to realize it wasn’t current. I finally had to call the Ops Center at the Blue Island Rail Yard and have a human tell me my rail car was transferred from CNR to BNSF.

 

[TaxmanHog]

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[Firestop]

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Outstanding! Well deserved?

 

[Firestop]

Picked up my truck with my wife today (@TaxmanHog , forum tracker change submitted)…we traded her Subaru (they matched my Carvana offer).
My wife drove the truck for an extended ”test“ drive while the dealer finished up the paperwork…I think I may have lost the truck…she was impressed. ?

BTW, discovered a neat trick for tight, looow speed, maneuvers (e.g., parking in a snug home garage). The 360 cameras come on when you put it in Reverse (duh). The cameras stay on when you then place it in Drive until you reach ~5 mph. If you quickly shift from P to D, the 360 cameras do not activate….pause in R for 1-2 sec while shifting to D, the cameras activate. This is great for pulling forward out of tight spaces. Same trick works when pulling up to a tight garage/space…stop, shift to R for 1-2 sec, then back to D with the 360 cameras to guide your way.

It worked putting our new baby away for an early bedtime (on the first attempt) for some trickle charging while we wait for our FCSP….or, a trip to a local DC fast charger?

 

[tkittlitz]

I was able to pick up my Truck this am.

However I got a call yesterday from my sales guy that he made a huge mistake and accidentally dented the door when moving the truck away from the chargers at the dealership. They are going to 100% cover all repairs but still a bit of a bummer.

I really enjoyed a small session of blue cruise on the way home. And spent an hour setting everything up the way I want it.

For the last 8 years I have been driving a Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. It has been a wonderful truck for me. The #1 biggest thing I noticed with the Lightning vs the Ram is the F150 is so much more Airy and open in the cabin. I feel like the pope riding around in the popemobile surround by loads of glass and amazing sight lines.

Second, the F150 is dramatically quieter (we are comparing to a diesel after all - but the EcoDiesel is easily the quietest of the diesels I have experienced). This makes such a massive difference to my driving enjoyment. I just got back from crusing around, checking out the free chargers close to my house and I could have just kept driving for hours I was so relaxed and enjoying the beautiful weather.

And my third quick hot take is related to one of my favorite Ram features which were the Ram Boxes. I am going to miss them. They were always loaded with 1-200 lbs of items that I would use all the time. But alas the Mega power frunk is totally gonna be a great alternative once I 3d print and make some organizers for the items I use the most.

 

[rdr854]

I was able to pick up my Truck this am.

However I got a call yesterday from my sales guy that he made a huge mistake and accidentally dented the door when moving the truck away from the chargers at the dealership. They are going to 100% cover all repairs but still a bit of a bummer.

I really enjoyed a small session of blue cruise on the way home. And spent an hour setting everything up the way I want it.

For the last 8 years I have been driving a Ram 1500 EcoDiesel. It has been a wonderful truck for me. The #1 biggest thing I noticed with the Lightning vs the Ram is the F150 is so much more Airy and open in the cabin. I feel like the pope riding around in the popemobile surround by loads of glass and amazing sight lines.

Second, the F150 is dramatically quieter (we are comparing to a diesel after all - but the EcoDiesel is easily the quietest of the diesels I have experienced). This makes such a massive difference to my driving enjoyment. I just got back from crusing around, checking out the free chargers close to my house and I could have just kept driving for hours I was so relaxed and enjoying the beautiful weather.

And my third quick hot take is related to one of my favorite Ram features which were the Ram Boxes. I am going to miss them. They were always loaded with 1-200 lbs of items that I would use all the time. But alas the Mega power frunk is totally gonna be a great alternative once I 3d print and make some organizers for the items I use the most.

Hopefully, they can do paintless dent repair.

 

[DroopyHippo]

Hopefully, they can do paintless dent repair.

I think a PDR guy could get this. It’s a sharpish point but it’s on a flat panel. Not sure glue pull will get this one and will use rods. It’s amazing what some of those hail chasers can do… lol

Hopefully they can go in through a door panel or window area. I know at the used lot I worked at they drilled sides of doors Left and right and just put plugs in the holes.

I have a few tools of my own but I’m garbage at it. Not enough dents to practice on. Maybe I should get a junkyard door for practice.

 

[Mirus]

Mine was shipped yesterday.

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