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The order backlog at the Ponca City C&P Plant was 108 units as of March 6, 19S1 versus a backlog of 96 a week earlier. C. B. Cleaver VCM Cars Trinity Industries has completed construction of five of the sixtyone 24,500 gallon 105A300W VCM cars at their Oklahoma City Plant. A total of twenty-seven cars will be completed and ready for service by April 1, 1981. The remaining thirty-four cars will be built, held at Hugo, Oklahoma and will be ready for service by June 1, 1981. All sixtyone of the cars will receive an interior blast and nitrogen purge before being placed in service. The cars are leased by Conoco from Trinity. Conoco Chemicals Rail Car Requirement Rail Operations personnel will meet with Conoco Chemicals on March 13, 1981 to review railcasts run in various business areas to determine revised car requirements. Westlake Rail Car Shop C. B. Cleaver and F. D. Armstrong will meet with Chemicals personnel in Lake Charles on Wednesday, March 11, 1981 to discuss trackage require ments for Chemicals and Rail Operations. J. R. Fitzgerald Safety Statistics The safety performance results far February are as follows: DTH 000022180 Weekly Staff Meeting Page 2 March 9, 1981 Transports Accidents Responsible Non-Responsible Non-Transport Accidents Responsible Non-Responsible Lost-Time Injuries February 1981 2 4 0 0 1 Year-To-Date 1981 1980 68 77 01 00 20 L. G. Hubbard Hazardous Materials Shipping Guide A Hazardous Materials Shipping Guide for the Hammond Chemical Plant will be completed and distributed this week. L. W. Salyer Conoco/Monsanto Equipment The fourth and last Monsanto barge has been delivered and inspected by Inland Marine. The Conoco/Monsanto fleet is now complete, and in operation. D. S. Smith Bay City Chemical Complex Trackage Bob Walker and Doyle Smith met last Tuesday with the President and other officials of the Santa Fe Railway to encourage them to join the Missouri Pacific in providing dual line switching service to our Bay City site. As of this time, the Santa Fe remains opposed to joining the MP and has confirmed their decision to resort to legal action to bar the MP from serving the area. DTH 000022181 Weekly Staff Meeting Page 3 March 9, 1981 G. R. Watson Traffic/Conoco Chemicals Review The monthly review with supervisors of Conoco Chemicals Supply and Transportation has been reestablished. The first meeting will be held March 11, 1981. DISTRIBUTION: R. W. Lee, Houston J. L. Carson, Denver M. W. Black, Greensboro D. H. Reilley, Overland Park J. W. Hamilton, Houston D. A. Lyle, Westlake F. L. Gannon, Houston J. L. Thompson, Houston J. W. Skelton, Houston D. 0. Kern, Houston G. W. Roller, Houston R. C. Winters, Stamford G. G. Harryman, Ponca City N. B. Mavris, Houston, W. E. Laughlln, Houston Joe Laskosky, Houston G. E. Leipold, Houston J. F. Pinkman, Houston H. J. Trimble, Houston J. F. Cummings, Costa Mesa R. W. Grimrae, Houston DTH 000022182