Yet Another Rail Shipping Thread
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Yet Another Rail Shipping Thread
Not a gripe thread per se, just hoping someone is more in the know than myself.
My car has finally made it into a rail car after sitting in Toledo for 17 days.
1) Do you know if they load 3 or 6 Vette's per rail car (picture below)?
2) Do you think Chevy waited for the car to be full before they shipped to my dealer or dealers in the area of the final destination (Milpitas, CA)? This would explain the huge delay.
My car has finally made it into a rail car after sitting in Toledo for 17 days.
1) Do you know if they load 3 or 6 Vette's per rail car (picture below)?
2) Do you think Chevy waited for the car to be full before they shipped to my dealer or dealers in the area of the final destination (Milpitas, CA)? This would explain the huge delay.
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This is a neat thread, but I don't think it's that many per car anymore 
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...old-skool.html
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c3-g...old-skool.html
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Not a gripe thread per se, just hoping someone is more in the know than myself.
My car has finally made it into a rail car after sitting in Toledo for 17 days.
1) Do you know if they load 3 or 6 Vette's per rail car (picture below)?
2) Do you think Chevy waited for the car to be full before they shipped to my dealer or dealers in the area of the final destination (Milpitas, CA)? This would explain the huge delay.
My car has finally made it into a rail car after sitting in Toledo for 17 days.
1) Do you know if they load 3 or 6 Vette's per rail car (picture below)?
2) Do you think Chevy waited for the car to be full before they shipped to my dealer or dealers in the area of the final destination (Milpitas, CA)? This would explain the huge delay.
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A friend found this information-
Specially designed rail cars called auto racks have two or three decks and can carry up to 20 vehicles, although the average is around 12 units. Two-deck auto racks usually carry trucks and large SUVs while three-deck auto racks carry cars.
In some situations, new vehicles are trucked to a loading dock at the rail yard. Special ramps allow the cars to be driven onto a railcar's decks. The cars are then secured with wheel chocks that are locked in place on the decks.
The latest design in auto racks is the Auto-Max, which was developed by the Honda and Greenbrier companies. The multi-level Auto-Max can hold up to 22 vehicles and support both cars and trucks by maximizing the space between the railcar's axles. Honda ordered a fleet of 400 Auto-Max railcars and says it has the highest rail-shipping rate of any automaker at 82 percent [Source: Honda].
Source: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/under-...transport2.htm
Specially designed rail cars called auto racks have two or three decks and can carry up to 20 vehicles, although the average is around 12 units. Two-deck auto racks usually carry trucks and large SUVs while three-deck auto racks carry cars.
In some situations, new vehicles are trucked to a loading dock at the rail yard. Special ramps allow the cars to be driven onto a railcar's decks. The cars are then secured with wheel chocks that are locked in place on the decks.
The latest design in auto racks is the Auto-Max, which was developed by the Honda and Greenbrier companies. The multi-level Auto-Max can hold up to 22 vehicles and support both cars and trucks by maximizing the space between the railcar's axles. Honda ordered a fleet of 400 Auto-Max railcars and says it has the highest rail-shipping rate of any automaker at 82 percent [Source: Honda].
Source: http://auto.howstuffworks.com/under-...transport2.htm
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Well, my status is currently 4300, Intermediate delivery and the customer service chat said my car is either at, or en route to Toledo.... so round 3 of the waiting game is on.
Since you guys have been here before me, once it gets loaded on a train will the status change, or should I just start probing for an ETTX number?
Since you guys have been here before me, once it gets loaded on a train will the status change, or should I just start probing for an ETTX number?
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A rail car is 145' long and 9' wide.
If it has three decks, it can hold 27 Corvettes (9 end to end with 12" spacing). The full ones I have seen usually have 24 Corvettes in them.
If it has three decks, it can hold 27 Corvettes (9 end to end with 12" spacing). The full ones I have seen usually have 24 Corvettes in them.
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In the last week about 60% of the time the reps refuse to even give event codes claiming that they are private information. lol.
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Bug your dealer - they should be able to obtain it
