Inter modal is growing everyday. Union Pacific has double tracked almost all line from El Paso to CA. Eventually they are going all the way to DFW. They are going after OTR freight big time. There will always be market for oversize and other stuff that they can not handle. They even have a reefer only train now from W coast to E. They are guaranteeing 5 day service and so far have had good results. At UP giant yard in NE they brought in NASCAR pit people to help speed refueling and service. They have had TOFC for 40 years. Just taking it a lot more seriously now. I see them all the time in FTW. UPS, Western Xpress, the pumpkin, and many others use them. And that is in addition to all the foreign containers that they haul.
Railroad Train Carrying Only Truck Trailers?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by daviddincau, Sep 13, 2009.
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I saw a RR (CSX I think) tv ad not long ago and they claimed to take something like 235 trucks off the road to save the environment and reduce traffic. That made me laugh because I knew as well as everyone here knows that they will still need 235 trucks to move those 235 trailers to wherever they need to go.
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My brother works out of the Willmar yard, but lately hes been going out to South Dakota just so he can keep the average hours hes used to. Actually he and a few other guys he works with just rented an apt. out there and they do their time and then head home for the few days they have off. He's an engineer now but if would have just stayed in WIllmar he would of been laid off as well. -
Rollover my bad. I was using their math.
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And if I am wrong about my perception, please, correct me. But I thought the only way the railroad stayed in business was b/c the gov't gave them money. -
Maybe that's why Warren Buffet owns the controlling interest in BNSF and a lot of UP and NS. And he backed Bambi too.
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Ah, my first post...nothing to add, just wanted to say that the last post made me
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