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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by csxns Will rail business ever catch up with trucking.Went to theTruck Line web site it says Trucking dominates the freight business at nine billion tons in 2003 at $610.billion in revenues.Rail 12.9 Percent . Waterborne 7.7 percent. Pipeline 9.4 percent. Air 0.9 percent. Rail Intermodal 0.9 percent. [/quote] I don't know what site you went to, but right now railroads and trucking are in an even match of 40% vs. 40%, or at least hovering around it. I believe as time goes on the realization will come that we won't be able to support trucking because A. oil prices and B. roads will become too crowed and people will realize the potential that rails can carry goods faster, safer, and more economically. I'm not as worried about trucks as all of our businesses moving thier plants to China and Mexico, though. There used to be a time when even the smallest towns had manufacturing all over the place. Coincadentally, that America was powered by rail, times were more carefree, and the world admired the U.S. of A. Also notice that after roads came into widespread use, America went into a steady decline. And look where we are today, everything good I've stated is either dead or not it's former self, and everything bad has just gotten worse.
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