Reply To: Lumber reconsignments pre-UP merger

[Charles Duckworth]

Nate – lumber rebills were very common moves. I asked a couple of Mopac management guys and lumber was the main commodity that moved like this. There were other diversions and reconsignment but this was generally due to a consignee refusing a shipment or an embargo situation and did not happen frequently.

UP had similar moves with mechanical reefer loads (I remember potatoes) billed to North Platte and brokers selling before they arrived there but Mopac wasn’t involved in the routings with most if not all going to the east coast cities.