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re: Why dont we utilize trains more for cross country transport?
Posted on 8/11/16 at 4:45 pm to Winston Cup
Posted on 8/11/16 at 4:45 pm to Winston Cup
quote:
Old Tyme Steamboat is the only answer here.
What if you dont live near a river?
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Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:05 pm to ksayetiger
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What if you dont live near a river?
Old Tyme Steam Engine
Wait a second...
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:09 pm to SabiDojo
The train itself wasn't bad, the people riding on it were terrible.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:10 pm to Cosmo
quote:Trains ARE cheaper, and MOST of the inland cargo is on trains not roads. But then the last mile of cargo must be on roads, because trains don't go everywhere (thank God).
most of that cargo could go on trains which is probably cheaper.
This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:10 pm to Cosmo
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:11 pm to EA6B
quote:That's all short haul traffic, and last mile of rail cargo carried by truck.
13.7 million pounds moved by truck
This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 5:12 pm
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:16 pm to Cosmo
Like all other government monopolies, Amtrack is slow, dangerous, inneficient unreliable, and rediculously expensive and uncompetitive.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:19 pm to Asharad
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That's all short haul traffic, and last mile of rail cargo carried by truck.
And it's tons not pounds.
And I have a railroad spur behind my building that we use occasionally although not near like we did when I was young. I unloaded MANY boxcars as a young kid by hand.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:20 pm to ksayetiger
quote:
What if you dont live near a river?
Dirigible.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 5:21 pm to Cosmo
We traveled in France on one of its modern trains and it was pretty sweet
Posted on 8/11/16 at 6:01 pm to Cosmo
We transport lots of cargo by rail, dude.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 6:16 pm to Cosmo
Alot of it is shipped with trains.
If you check most trucking companies they run regional and not cross country anymore.
That is due to rail doing the longer hauls and truck traffic taking "last mile" shipments.
As was statedrail takes more tI'm and sometimes companies and people need their shite.
If you check most trucking companies they run regional and not cross country anymore.
That is due to rail doing the longer hauls and truck traffic taking "last mile" shipments.
As was statedrail takes more tI'm and sometimes companies and people need their shite.
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