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Keeping It Cool
The Express Lane service continued to expand and draw market share from
trucks in 2001. Operated in partnership with CSX, fresh and frozen fruits and veg-
etables move in refrigerated equipment across the United States from the Pacific
Northwest and California to destinations including New York, Boston, Atlanta,
Lakeland, and Philadelphia. To support the 10% growth in volume, upgraded
equipment, featuring constant monitoring of air temperature and air quality, is
being added to the refrigerated boxcar fleet.
French fry shipper JR Simplot increased its volume 43% during the year, moving
several hundred million pounds of fries on Union Pacific instead of by truck. This
customer and others, shipping everything from cheese to carrots, enjoy on-time
performance of over 90% on the Express Lane, leading to expanded service to
additional locations east of the Mississippi River in 2002.
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(from left) Greg Sargis, Steve Brown
and Don Newton of JR Simplot discuss
the Express Lane service with Doug
O’Connor of Union Pacific.