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^ Top   #1   04.14.2008

Cybergal Truck Forum Supporter   Last Seen: 04.16.2009 06.42 AM Member Since: Oct 2008 Posts: 13,844 My Trucking Photos: 27 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked: 2,556 Times My Truckers Blog : 16

Railing Against Fuel Costs Railing Against Fuel Costs 4/14/08 Quote: Cost of diesel means good times for freight trains With diesel topping $4 a gallon and trucking prices rising accordingly, it looks to some people like boom time for trains. Freight is already a cheaper form of transportation than trucks, and according to the Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission's 2007 Regional Transportation Plan, railroads can move a ton of freight three times as far as a truck on a gallon of fuel. Chugging Along "Rail has no place to go but be more and more attractive," said Jack Healy, director of operations at the Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership and a member of the board at Worcester-based Providence & Worcester Railroad Co. But while some players in the railroad industry see anecdotal evidence of companies switching to rail transport, others say a significant shift in that direction is unlikely without some major improvements in the area's rail system. More here>>>>>

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cinjade28 Medium Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Week Ago 08.58 PM Member Since: Mar 2008 Location: Welch, Oklahoma Trucker? Trucker Wife Age: 38 Posts: 529 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 121 Thanked: 99 Times

SE Ks is over $4 now...when is the madness going to stop???

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cinjade28 Medium Load Member   Last Seen: 1 Week Ago 08.58 PM Member Since: Mar 2008 Location: Welch, Oklahoma Trucker? Trucker Wife Age: 38 Posts: 529 My Trucking Photos: 0 Thanks: 121 Thanked: 99 Times

fuel is now 4.19 and gas is 3.50 in SE Kansas

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