1/17/22 Build Week Chat

[mdpmdp]

Nope. Mine still looks the same as it did when it left Mexico. I am going solely based upon the guidance from the Ford Chat Agent who said my car was at "Internati" in Kansas City. I am still pending ASN and no details in paslapp/reqbin. My window sticker date now reads yesterday's date so i am hoping that means that something is happening (@BalsaDust indicated in a post on another build week chat that they only change the sticker when loading/unloading/etc). I would expect my next step to show a destination of Muncie Ramp in the other Kansas City (Kansas) once I have been picked, paired, and dispatched. Then I should be on a Union Pacific train from Muncie to San Antonio (there is a UP station on the East side of town). It's a bit of a guessing game but I THINK that's what will happen. Hoping to spend Memorial Day weekend "playing" with the car but I am not betting my life on it.

You might want to chat with Ford to get some certainty. Hoping for the best for you!

They've been telling me Laredo 5/2 up until yesterday 5/14 (didn't try today). They've also been off and on with the railcar. Some agents say there's no railcar assigned, some tell me a railcar. I called KCS on 5/13 and they stated the railcar arrived at IFG (aka international freight gateway aka "Internati") on 5/11, but I don't know if I'm even on that railcar anymore. I may call them up tomorrow and see if/when your previous railcar showed up at IFG. Hoping it's just a delay in Ford's systems but it's a very long delay, given I shipped from Cuautitlan on 4/21

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[jimitoast]

They've been telling me Laredo 5/2 up until yesterday 5/14 (didn't try today). They've also been off and on with the railcar. Some agents say there's no railcar assigned, some tell me a railcar. I called KCS on 5/13 and they stated the railcar arrived at IFG (aka international freight gateway aka "Internati") on 5/11, but I don't know if I'm even on that railcar anymore. I may call them up tomorrow and see if/when your previous railcar showed up at IFG. Hoping it's just a delay in Ford's systems but it's a very long delay, given I shipped from Cuautitlan on 4/21

Yeah. That's frustrating. The last time I chatted prior to Wed, they told me that I had no railcar number but then, on Thursday, they gave me the same railcar number as the one the took me to Laredo so I guess my car could still be in Mexico. Who knows... I'll probably try again early this week and or get the VVR details from my dealer. I am trying not to be too much fo a PITA with my dealer because I don't want to give them any incentives to screw me over or reason to claim that they deserve a massive markup for working so hard for me...

 

[mdpmdp]

Yeah. That's frustrating. The last time I chatted prior to Wed, they told me that I had no railcar number but then, on Thursday, they gave me the same railcar number as the one the took me to Laredo so I guess my car could still be in Mexico. Who knows... I'll probably try again early this week and or get the VVR details from my dealer. I am trying not to be too much fo a PITA with my dealer because I don't want to give them any incentives to screw me over or reason to claim that they deserve a massive markup for working so hard for me...

I see no reason why we would've been taken off the railcar, so I imagine we continued on the same railcar which had some delay for whatever reason. Somehow ours sat in Laredo (or between Laredo and KC) while 99% of others went through just fine. Hopefully we both make it soon!

 

[ycking]

They've been telling me Laredo 5/2 up until yesterday 5/14 (didn't try today). They've also been off and on with the railcar. Some agents say there's no railcar assigned, some tell me a railcar. I called KCS on 5/13 and they stated the railcar arrived at IFG (aka international freight gateway aka "Internati") on 5/11, but I don't know if I'm even on that railcar anymore. I may call them up tomorrow and see if/when your previous railcar showed up at IFG. Hoping it's just a delay in Ford's systems but it's a very long delay, given I shipped from Cuautitlan on 4/21

I chatted with Ford almost everyday until last Friday and they been telling me it’s still in Leredo since 5/2. My 3rd delivery eta of 5/8-5/14 is changed to 6/14 now. Last time I chatted I was given same rail number as before it arrived in Leredo Railcar # AOK 501929. The window sticker has been updating every day since it arrived in Leredo. I am leaving to Canada next month hopefully it’s arrives before that.

 

[jimitoast]

Yikes. Now, I don't know what to think. So much for certainty! I'll probably ping my Dealer Salesman POC today or Tues if I don't see a status change in Palsapp.

 

[mdpmdp]

I called KCS and asked them to track all 3 of our railcars (COER 901002, AOK 501929, KCS 008538)

COER 901002 arrived IFG 5/10 and was unloaded. This lines up with @jimitoast reporting Internati via Ford Chat.

AOK 501929 arrived IFG 5/11 and has not moved or unloaded. This lines up with @ycking reporting Laredo via Ford Chat.

The odd one is mine, KCS 008538. On Friday 5/13, the agent told me it had arrived IFG 5/11, but today's agent told me she could not find info on that railcar and the last time KCS had possession of it was 2003. This seems odd, maybe she typo'd something - I'm going to assume I'm on the same timeline as @ycking and I did arrive on 5/11 but have not been moved/unloaded yet. I may call back tomorrow to see if another agent is able to see anything.

 

[jimitoast]

I called KCS and asked them to track all 3 of our railcars (COER 901002, AOK 501929, KCS 008538)

COER 901002 arrived IFG 5/10 and was unloaded. This lines up with @jimitoast reporting Internati via Ford Chat.

AOK 501929 arrived IFG 5/11 and has not moved or unloaded. This lines up with @ycking reporting Laredo via Ford Chat.

The odd one is mine, KCS 008538. On Friday 5/13, the agent told me it had arrived IFG 5/11, but today's agent told me she could not find info on that railcar and the last time KCS had possession of it was 2003. This seems odd, maybe she typo'd something - I'm going to assume I'm on the same timeline as @ycking and I did arrive on 5/11 but have not been moved/unloaded yet. I may call back tomorrow to see if another agent is able to see anything.

Thanks so much for checking that! That gives me some peace of mind and makes my Monday a whole lot more tolerable! I hope you're right about your railcar (made it to IFG)!

 

[NJ_MachE]

I called KCS and asked them to track all 3 of our railcars (COER 901002, AOK 501929, KCS 008538)

COER 901002 arrived IFG 5/10 and was unloaded. This lines up with @jimitoast reporting Internati via Ford Chat.

AOK 501929 arrived IFG 5/11 and has not moved or unloaded. This lines up with @ycking reporting Laredo via Ford Chat.

The odd one is mine, KCS 008538. On Friday 5/13, the agent told me it had arrived IFG 5/11, but today's agent told me she could not find info on that railcar and the last time KCS had possession of it was 2003. This seems odd, maybe she typo'd something - I'm going to assume I'm on the same timeline as @ycking and I did arrive on 5/11 but have not been moved/unloaded yet. I may call back tomorrow to see if another agent is able to see anything.

One of our build week guys had an issue tracking a BNSF railcar through the engineer who has offered to track railcars for folks on this forum. The railcar was not showing in the BNSF system. It turns out that the issue was that Ford used leading 0s in the railcar number from the VVR but BNSF did not in their internal tracker. I wonder if that's the same issue with your KCS railcar?

But all indications are your car is really in KC already. I know mine took two or three days to go to picked after I first saw it was at International Freight Gateway. Hopefully you are just in that period where it hasn't been unloaded and transferred to Jack Cooper.

 

[ponEpwr]

Status on ordertrack changed to "paired" today. It's less than 10 miles from the rail yard to the dealership so just a few minutes of travel time. Anyone have an idea of how many days stays in paired status until it's actually loaded on a truck?

 

[ponEpwr]

About 10 minutes ago. North bound 69 highway in overland Park Kansas

 

[FarSide]

Oh thats great! Thank god you did not drift into that lane and take out 10 MMEs while taking that photo That's a nice color assortment.

 

[Jmh809]

Well my estimated delivery just moved again… now June 2-8… very frustrating knowing my car is sitting here in town and just not getting trucked to my dealer.

 

[ponEpwr]

How long does one typically sit in "paired" state?

I'm sure I'm just getting antsy but it's been since Thursday for me. Looks like it should go to "dispatched" then "delivered" next. Due to location these next steps should happen on the same day. So it seems it's been sitting at the railyard with an assigned truck but hasn't been loaded yet.

 

[BalsaDust]

A little sigh of relief! just checked with Ford chat and they finally gave me my railcar info! I know it left KC on the 18th but never had the actual railcar number. The railcar is currently sitting at the N/S railyard in Conway PA and will be moving again at 9:15 tonight and expected in Wilmington early on the 27th! Too bad its the holiday weekend and I probably wont have it until sometime next week!

Tony

 

[BalsaDust]

A little sigh of relief! just checked with Ford chat and they finally gave me my railcar info! I know it left KC on the 18th but never had the actual railcar number. The railcar is currently sitting at the N/S railyard in Conway PA and will be moving again at 9:15 tonight and expected in Wilmington early on the 27th! Too bad its the holiday weekend and I probably wont have it until sometime next week!

Tony

I think @Ford hates me for some reason, I get verification my car is literaly just three days away and Ford decides to send me an email at 8:06 pm that my delievry date is being pushed back to JUNE 21~27th...now that right there is funny!

Tony

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