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Re: Yet another idiot driver at a RR Crossing said by burner50:Final Delivery is where they should be I agree!  There is also a lot of transloading (train to truck, vice versa) going on as well now, I know the BNSF just opened up a huge transload facility in Fontana on some of the old Kaiser Steel facility, and there are a lot opening up all the time. »www.google.com/search?q=railroad···=1I7GGIH
I also realize that some things have to be delivered by truck to the consumer, but many of those things can go by intermodal (container, trailer on flat car) or rail car for most of their destination, then by truck to the stores or wherever. The perishable's market is another one where the railroads are taking back a huge share of the market, both by reefer car and by intermodal, and have ordered hundreds of new 70 foot jumbo reefers, and remanufactured and updated still more older 50 foot and 57 foot reefers. Here's a good article on that-
»findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m···674/pg_1
There are many goods than never need to touch a truck as well, such as coal, grain, aggregrates, etc.
I think indy has the wrong idea, this is about using trucks and trains to keep the country going, but trains are more economical, more fuel efficient and can ship in volumes truckers can only dreram of, not to mention too many trucks on the roads equals more congestion, pollution and road wear and tear. The booming rail traffic is a win win for everybody, trucks, trains and America
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