Since stuff can be shipped north through presidio texas tariff free through a federal tariff waiver granted by the Biden administration, John Deere announces 600 layoffs to move its production to Mexico, only way to ship large tractors is by rail, and Grupo Mexico, ie ferromex, leases and operates the line from presidio to San Angelo, so if BNSF employees wonder why so much stuff seems to be going to San Angelo, look no further than the federal tariff waiver granted to move goods from Mexico to the United States tariff free. Uncle warren is positioning himself to break up BNSF the same way he did GE, everything will be foreign owned and operated with a BNSF sticker on the side in name only.
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https://www.texaspacifico.com/docs/2024_TXPF_Tariff_2023-12-15.pdf
Here’s a copy of the waiver, if you look who was interviewed and signed off on it, you will see BNSF Steve Salzman, director of BNSF short line development in Keller, Tx as well as Anthony Collier of wabtec
And below is a copy of the operating agreement issued by TxDot on a 40 year lease to ensure no fines are issued by TxDOT
https://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/rail/txpf-operations-analysis.pdf