Looks like we're the proverbial Black Swan then. Q1 economic figures show a positive trend but you wouldn't know it from some of the posts on other company threads. I see the same trend on the street and on the inbound and outbound dock. My bid area has mostly industry tied to construction, mining, and manufacturing as well as railcar repair/upkeep and is busy. A lot of agriculture related business too. Very little retail related. They're all busy. The only downside is the cool wet weather has delayed a lot of the farmers from getting into the fields, but that should change soon. Close to two major class 1 railroad lines, one east-west and the other a north-south route, both a main line , and the number of trains per day is 50-60 each, which is busy. Good mix of traffic in each. Lots of loaded lumber, steel coil, petro chemical, and intermodal cars. The auto racks seem less, but that's about it. I spend most of my time criss crossing both lines to service my customers so I pay pretty close attention to rail traffic by default.
