Coast-to-coast railcar pool ‘starting to take off’Doug Ohlemeier -- The Packer -- June 19, 2007
As shippers prepare to start the new Washington potato season, the state’s produce railcar pool is already seeing high demand.Service has been so successful, its backers are calling for additional cars to help fill demand.The Washington railcar pool program leases refrigerated railcars for Washington produce shippers’ use.Fewer shippers than expected participated in the program’s inaugural run last year when it hauled only 77 loads. This season, Rail Logistics, Overland Park, Kan., expects to haul 250-300 loads, said Mike Begnaud, vice president of sales and marketing.In May, all 31 of the program’s railcars were either loaded, en route to their destination or headed back to Washington for reloading, according to the Washington State Potato Commission, Moses Lake.
Chris Voigt, the commission’s executive director, said if new cars are ordered, it would likely be mid- to late summer before they could be in service.While Washington’s processing potatoes begin harvest after the Fourth of July, the state’s fresh potato season begins in mid-July and runs through early November.
“The timing is right. The program is starting to take off,” Voigt said. “It’s a great sign for us and our industry.”
Coast-to-coast railcar pool ‘starting to take off’Doug Ohlemeier -- The Packer -- June 19, 2007
As shippers prepare to start the new Washington potato season, the state’s produce railcar pool is already seeing high demand.Service has been so successful, its backers are calling for additional cars to help fill demand.The Washington railcar pool program leases refrigerated railcars for Washington produce shippers’ use.Fewer shippers than expected participated in the program’s inaugural run last year when it hauled only 77 loads. This season, Rail Logistics, Overland Park, Kan., expects to haul 250-300 loads, said Mike Begnaud, vice president of sales and marketing.In May, all 31 of the program’s railcars were either loaded, en route to their destination or headed back to Washington for reloading, according to the Washington State Potato Commission, Moses Lake.
Chris Voigt, the commission’s executive director, said if new cars are ordered, it would likely be mid- to late summer before they could be in service.While Washington’s processing potatoes begin harvest after the Fourth of July, the state’s fresh potato season begins in mid-July and runs through early November.
“The timing is right. The program is starting to take off,” Voigt said. “It’s a great sign for us and our industry.”
Coast-to-coast railcar pool ‘starting to take off’Doug Ohlemeier -- The Packer -- June 19, 2007
As shippers prepare to start the new Washington potato season, the state’s produce railcar pool is already seeing high demand.Service has been so successful, its backers are calling for additional cars to help fill demand.The Washington railcar pool program leases refrigerated railcars for Washington produce shippers’ use.Fewer shippers than expected participated in the program’s inaugural run last year when it hauled only 77 loads. This season, Rail Logistics, Overland Park, Kan., expects to haul 250-300 loads, said Mike Begnaud, vice president of sales and marketing.In May, all 31 of the program’s railcars were either loaded, en route to their destination or headed back to Washington for reloading, according to the Washington State Potato Commission, Moses Lake.
Chris Voigt, the commission’s executive director, said if new cars are ordered, it would likely be mid- to late summer before they could be in service.While Washington’s processing potatoes begin harvest after the Fourth of July, the state’s fresh potato season begins in mid-July and runs through early November.
“The timing is right. The program is starting to take off,” Voigt said. “It’s a great sign for us and our industry.”
Chris Voigt, the commission’s executive director, said if new cars are ordered, it would likely be mid- to late summer before they could be in service.While Washington’s processing potatoes begin harvest after the Fourth of July, the state’s fresh potato season begins in mid-July and runs through early November.
“The timing is right. The program is starting to take off,” Voigt said. “It’s a great sign for us and our industry.”
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