The official, my dealer is a tool and won't tell me my rail car number.

[grayshadow]

RULE NUMBER ONE: IF YOU DM YOUR REQUEST I WILL NOT PROCESS IT

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Ask your dealer first, some are really great about this!!!​

Otherwise, hit this thread up. Either I or someone else will try to answer!!! Hack the planet...

Seriously, we are lucky that a few members of this forum can help with resolving where your Bronco might be. Any request that ends up here is fair game, if you know how to help out, feel free to do so. Sometimes, I get lucky and sometimes I need to ask people who have helped me before.

I don't want anyone to risk their reputations, livelihood, or anything else getting information out there. PLEASE, don't access data that you are not allowed to access or do anything illegal.

Let's work together to help our fellow enthusiasts out!

REMEMBER: VIN and ORDER NUMBER
Post them to the list and do not DM them to me!

HELPFUL LINKS TO CHECK:

AEM tracking links to see if you have been built and shipped:

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/shop/vot/api/customerorder/?vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/s...utes=BP2.*vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/s...es=BP2_.*&vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#


Already shipped?!?

https://www.palsapp.com/
https://www.cassens.com/#/delivery-receipt
https://www.unitedroad.com/delivery-receipt


Is posting my VIN safe?

That is for you to decide. It's not hard to get the VIN number for any particular vehicle. Your VIN number is publicly displayed everywhere you go on your vehicle... anytime you park, your VIN number is exposed to anyone who wants it. Hell, given the advancements in Satellite technology, I would be surprised if the damn things can't be read from orbit at this point.

Now, this is not supposed to be the primary way to get your rail car, this is a last resort when your dealer won't help you out. I even provide a number of links up front for people to do their own digging in the first post.

Now regarding VIN numbers:

ALL 2021 Bronco VINs start with either 1FMDE5 or 1FMEE5 (2 doors are always 1FMDE5)
So that takes care the first 6 locations
The 7th location is A, B, C, D, E, or F.
The 8th location is P or H.
The 9th location is 0 - 9 or X.
The 10th-12th locations are MLA or MLB
The last 5 locations are 00000-99999 (with large blocks of numbers excluded)
All two door FE's start with 2XXXX (and near as I can tell less than 1000 were built, so really 20XXX)
All four door FE's start with 4XXXX with 43250 near the highest I have seen.
Almost all production Bronco numbers start with MLA6XXXX-MLA9XXXX or MLB0XXXX.

So really, figuring out a VIN, not that hard. You are at best hiding 5 digits as a unique identifier, potentially a lot less, especially if I know your blend date.

Also, if I have your VIN, I can likely get your order number without much hassle either... These things are just publicly available and are not secret (although I know that people would prefer them to be - they just aren't).

I wish I could get these links to work. I removed the words "your vin" and "your order" and inserted the numbers but still can't figure this out.

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[faziorf]

I wish I could get these links to work. I removed the words "your vin" and "your order" and inserted the numbers but still can't figure this out.

make sure you aren’t replacing only “yourvin” and “yourorder” but replace “yourvin#” etc. Don’t want that extra # in there.

 

[Kos]

Some commodities are time sensitive.... get priority over autos....autos are not the only thing on the train

Autos are a premium product so they usually do get priority.

Also, Chicago is the most congested interchange location in the US. Typically you only interchange between the rails there if it’s the optimal routing. St Louis is a much less congested interchange point so I would expect lower priority shipments to go the route if that’s your argument.

 

[uncledoodoo]

You've got a couple stop-ship orders on that. Produced as of 10/22, but still waiting for a couple quality checks to finish up.

Oh, thanks! what did you see that in?

 

[SPITmadFIRE]

all this talk about shipping broncos when we should all be shipping OP some bourbon for the holidays

 

[Realtalk214]

Can you track mine?
1FMEE5BP9MLA89081

 

[cowman]

Autos are a premium product so they usually do get priority.

Also, Chicago is the most congested interchange location in the US. Typically you only interchange between the rails there if it’s the optimal routing. St Louis is a much less congested interchange point so I would expect lower priority shipments to go the route if that’s your argument.

time sensitive are different than premium product as you call them..... there is a lot of different items on a long train... not just autos.... I worked in a rail yard for a while.... switching cars.... know how it works.....rail cars get diverted all the time....not always the most direct route in fact very seldom are they sent the most direct route..... they know what they are doing..... been that way for many many years....

 

[Bendbig21]

RULE NUMBER ONE: IF YOU DM YOUR REQUEST I WILL NOT PROCESS IT

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Ask your dealer first, some are really great about this!!!​

Otherwise, hit this thread up. Either I or someone else will try to answer!!! Hack the planet...

Seriously, we are lucky that a few members of this forum can help with resolving where your Bronco might be. Any request that ends up here is fair game, if you know how to help out, feel free to do so. Sometimes, I get lucky and sometimes I need to ask people who have helped me before.

I don't want anyone to risk their reputations, livelihood, or anything else getting information out there. PLEASE, don't access data that you are not allowed to access or do anything illegal.

Let's work together to help our fellow enthusiasts out!

REMEMBER: VIN and ORDER NUMBER
Post them to the list and do not DM them to me!

HELPFUL LINKS TO CHECK:

AEM tracking links to see if you have been built and shipped:

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/shop/vot/api/customerorder/?vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/s...utes=BP2.*vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/s...es=BP2_.*&vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#


Already shipped?!?

https://www.palsapp.com/
https://www.cassens.com/#/delivery-receipt
https://www.unitedroad.com/delivery-receipt


Is posting my VIN safe?

That is for you to decide. It's not hard to get the VIN number for any particular vehicle. Your VIN number is publicly displayed everywhere you go on your vehicle... anytime you park, your VIN number is exposed to anyone who wants it. Hell, given the advancements in Satellite technology, I would be surprised if the damn things can't be read from orbit at this point.

Now, this is not supposed to be the primary way to get your rail car, this is a last resort when your dealer won't help you out. I even provide a number of links up front for people to do their own digging in the first post.

Now regarding VIN numbers:

ALL 2021 Bronco VINs start with either 1FMDE5 or 1FMEE5 (2 doors are always 1FMDE5)
So that takes care the first 6 locations
The 7th location is A, B, C, D, E, or F.
The 8th location is P or H.
The 9th location is 0 - 9 or X.
The 10th-12th locations are MLA or MLB
The last 5 locations are 00000-99999 (with large blocks of numbers excluded)
All two door FE's start with 2XXXX (and near as I can tell less than 1000 were built, so really 20XXX)
All four door FE's start with 4XXXX with 43250 near the highest I have seen.
Almost all production Bronco numbers start with MLA6XXXX-MLA9XXXX or MLB0XXXX.

So really, figuring out a VIN, not that hard. You are at best hiding 5 digits as a unique identifier, potentially a lot less, especially if I know your blend date.

Also, if I have your VIN, I can likely get your order number without much hassle either... These things are just publicly available and are not secret (although I know that people would prefer them to be - they just aren't).

Hey sorry to be late to the party, love that you have this info. Okay to add mine? 1FMEE5BP2MLA78424 -- B009. Thanks!

 

[Kos]

time sensitive are different than premium product as you call them..... there is a lot of different items on a long train... not just autos.... I worked in a rail yard for a while.... switching cars.... know how it works.....rail cars get diverted all the time....not always the most direct route in fact very seldom are they sent the most direct route..... they know what they are doing..... been that way for many many years....

Yeah, WE do know what WE are doing that’s why this surprised me. I’ll leave it at that.

 

[djbuff303]

I shipped on 10/18. I actually have an extremely responsive dealer that I'm super happy with - who gave me a railcar number (TTGX974164).

I used that railcar number to track shipment but my tracking info from calling CSX diverged from my dealer's tracking info on 10/23.

I tracked interchange to BNSF and arrival to KC on 10/27 - where it stayed for at least 5 days. I checked with my dealer on 11/2 and he still had my Bronco in Chicago as of 10/23 - nothing after. So I started calling CSX again and between 11/6 and now my tracking data makes no sense (circular routing).

So - do yo have a way to know if my Bronco got unloaded from the railcar, and if so when and where? Or possibly got moved to a different railcar at some point?

1FMEE5DP4MLA77577

1597

 

[BroncoRed1967]

1FMDE5FP3MLA20716 Shipped 10/30 PW402072 Cincinnati OH

Actual Ship date of 11/04. Scheduled interchange with the UP in Chicago. On to North Platte, NE then Yermo, CA. Final rail destination Mira Loma, CA

I sure hope not that is my VIN that Bronco is supposed to be going to Dallas

 

[UtahBrandon]

RULE NUMBER ONE: IF YOU DM YOUR REQUEST I WILL NOT PROCESS IT

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, Ask your dealer first, some are really great about this!!!​

Otherwise, hit this thread up. Either I or someone else will try to answer!!! Hack the planet...

Seriously, we are lucky that a few members of this forum can help with resolving where your Bronco might be. Any request that ends up here is fair game, if you know how to help out, feel free to do so. Sometimes, I get lucky and sometimes I need to ask people who have helped me before.

I don't want anyone to risk their reputations, livelihood, or anything else getting information out there. PLEASE, don't access data that you are not allowed to access or do anything illegal.

Let's work together to help our fellow enthusiasts out!

REMEMBER: VIN and ORDER NUMBER
Post them to the list and do not DM them to me!

HELPFUL LINKS TO CHECK:

AEM tracking links to see if you have been built and shipped:

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/shop/vot/api/customerorder/?vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/s...utes=BP2.*vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#

https://shop.ford.com/aemservices/s...es=BP2_.*&vin=YOURVIN#&orderNumber=YOURORDER#


Already shipped?!?

https://www.palsapp.com/
https://www.cassens.com/#/delivery-receipt
https://www.unitedroad.com/delivery-receipt


Is posting my VIN safe?

That is for you to decide. It's not hard to get the VIN number for any particular vehicle. Your VIN number is publicly displayed everywhere you go on your vehicle... anytime you park, your VIN number is exposed to anyone who wants it. Hell, given the advancements in Satellite technology, I would be surprised if the damn things can't be read from orbit at this point.

Now, this is not supposed to be the primary way to get your rail car, this is a last resort when your dealer won't help you out. I even provide a number of links up front for people to do their own digging in the first post.

Now regarding VIN numbers:

ALL 2021 Bronco VINs start with either 1FMDE5 or 1FMEE5 (2 doors are always 1FMDE5)
So that takes care the first 6 locations
The 7th location is A, B, C, D, E, or F.
The 8th location is P or H.
The 9th location is 0 - 9 or X.
The 10th-12th locations are MLA or MLB
The last 5 locations are 00000-99999 (with large blocks of numbers excluded)
All two door FE's start with 2XXXX (and near as I can tell less than 1000 were built, so really 20XXX)
All four door FE's start with 4XXXX with 43250 near the highest I have seen.
Almost all production Bronco numbers start with MLA6XXXX-MLA9XXXX or MLB0XXXX.

So really, figuring out a VIN, not that hard. You are at best hiding 5 digits as a unique identifier, potentially a lot less, especially if I know your blend date.

Also, if I have your VIN, I can likely get your order number without much hassle either... These things are just publicly available and are not secret (although I know that people would prefer them to be - they just aren't).

Dealer just called to say mine is "in transit" to Utah but he has no idea where to find the rail car.
1FMEE5DH2MLA79028 T40J

Almost as important, how did you know that's an AEM site (Ford)? Are you in IT? I'm curious as I work for Adobe, as used in "Adobe Experience Manager".

 

[BroncoRed1967]

@Kos could you recheck MLA20716, you are saying it is headed for California that is my Bronco should be going to Dallas

 

[Beaver24]

1FMEE5DP9MLA97078

0722

 

[mpeugeot]

I wish I could get these links to work. I removed the words "your vin" and "your order" and inserted the numbers but still can't figure this out.

Remember, your order number is case sensitive, but remember, we'll help you out, give us an example VIN and Order number and I will be happy to format it/trouble shoot it with you.

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