Request for shipped VINs to test railcar tracking

[D1BADZ]

Originally Posted by KK2010SS

FINALLY! Okay here is the info for: 2G1FT1EWXA9102894


Car: ETTX 853165 Current Location:Battle Creek, MI 14 Apr 18:43 ET Dest: Milpitas, CA


Please be patient if I am slow. Not all the VIN's seem to be showing up on the railcar records. I will do the best I can. (plus my boss doesn't seem to like this site! )

Just my way to pay back all the great people on the Camaro5 forums!

Thanks,

Hey hey hey Thats my CAR!!!!!!!!! Looks like Daily trips to Milpitas yard are in order!!!!!

Thanks KK , Im going crazy right now!!!!!!!!

What shipping company is that union pacific?

Glad it just has a short 10 min ride on a truck from Milpitas to San jose!

[KJS]

Originally Posted by KK2010SS

Hey guys,

I am trying to work on a way to track the railcar shipments by VIN number. I work in the rail industry and have access to some tracing applications that may work. I am not sure it’s possible but I need some information to test it out. Does anyone have VIN numbers that they know for sure are in transit by railcar? You can PM me or post them here.

Thanks!

HEY - A GREAT BIG THANKS FOR THIS!!! MUCH APPRECIATED ! ! !

[HuJass]

Originally Posted by KK2010SS

FINALLY! Okay here is the info for: 2G1FT1EWXA9102894


Car: ETTX 853165 Current Location:Battle Creek, MI 14 Apr 18:43 ET Dest: Milpitas, CA


Please be patient if I am slow. Not all the VIN's seem to be showing up on the railcar records. I will do the best I can. (plus my boss doesn't seem to like this site! )

Just my way to pay back all the great people on the Camaro5 forums!

Thanks,

AWESOME work man!!

Milpitas is a Union Pacific facility.

So we can go here and see a map of the route and location of the facility:
http://www.uprr.com/customers/autos/at_net.shtml

Then we can go here to enter the railcar number & trace it:
http://c01.my.uprr.com/pet/motorVehicleTrace.jsp

And when we enter the railcar number and hit trace, this is what we get:





So c'mon guys, get your railcar numbers & you can do this as well!

[heinzd01]

Originally Posted by HuJass

So c'mon guys, get your railcar numbers & you can do this as well!

Easier said than done. I doubt my dealer would know how to get this info.

[TEAMBADDASS]

Originally Posted by KK2010SS

Hey guys,

I am trying to work on a way to track the railcar shipments by VIN number. I work in the rail industry and have access to some tracing applications that may work. I am not sure it’s possible but I need some information to test it out. Does anyone have VIN numbers that they know for sure are in transit by railcar? You can PM me or post them here.

Thanks!

supposed to have left @ 4:41am 04/07/09 vin#2G1FT1EW2A9100072
Thanks in advanced if you can locate

[Bell040]

VIN# 2G1FT1EW2A9101691

Dealer says that will be dropped off in Birmingham, Alabama for transit by car carrier.


Edit: How do you get the railcar number? ... please dont say... ...your dealer

.... maybe some of you programming genius dudes can find out how to bypass the dealer

.... or one of you dealers could be so kind as to look it up for me and send me a PM?

[camarotoofast]

VIN: 2G1FJ1EJ8A9100586

[Supercop29]

Wow... I just need a VIN !!!

[bolteon593]

very cool stuff

2G1FT1EW7A9103081

[KK2010SS]

Originally Posted by HuJass

AWESOME work man!!

Milpitas is a Union Pacific facility.

So we can go here and see a map of the route and location of the facility:
http://www.uprr.com/customers/autos/at_net.shtml

Then we can go here to enter the railcar number & trace it:
http://c01.my.uprr.com/pet/motorVehicleTrace.jsp

And when we enter the railcar number and hit trace, this is what we get:




So c'mon guys, get your railcar numbers & you can do this as well!

D1BADZ

Not sure why, but your VIN is still the only one showing in transit. Good news for you, its updated again and has an ETA at destination of 4/24! (this is the railyard not the dealership)

Car: ETTX 853165 Status: Load Departed Marcellus, MI 15 Apr 21:18 ET Dest: Milpitas, CA ETA: At Receiver Milpitas, CA on 24 Apr 22:45

[HuJass]

That's not my car.
It's D1BADZ's.
I was just using his rail car number for illustration.

[HuJass]

Railcar numbers can be found one of two ways:

1) your dealer can call the Dealer Business Center & get it from them

2) PM me your e-mail addy

[KK2010SS]

I have tried everyone's VIN that submitted them to me. I am still trying to find out why only one VIN is pulling up. Its hard to troubleshoot with only one VIN working. I am thinking it has to do with where the car currently is and what railroad it is on. The railroads all report data slightly different.

You all are more than welcome, like I said, just my way to try to give back to the forums. I will keep working on getting more to work.

Thanks!

[KK2010SS]

Originally Posted by HuJass

That's not my car.
It's D1BADZ's.
I was just using his rail car number for illustration.

Just caught that, thanks! Great post on the tracking link!