Only 260-300.00 to ship a pallet station to station on Land Air Express to Burlington VT.

[CandOforprogress2]

From Buffalo NY. Now how would this have worked by rail? Could rail even compete for LTL buisness if they did it direct or though a contractor. BTW Amtrak does not have baggage cars anywhere near Burlington VT.

http://www.landairexpress.com/ is the company. They picked up where Saint Johnsbury Trucking Company left off as a LTL carrier. The problem with New England bound freight that it was one way with deadhead hauls out because the mills had closed 40 years ago.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/15/business/a-victim-of-the-deregulated-road.html

[tree68]

CandOforprogress2

Now how would this have worked by rail?

Simple - you deliver your pallet to the station, where it gets loaded on an LCL boxcar, along with other LCL cargo that was loaded other places.  The pallet rides that boxcar until it's necessary to unload it and load it on another boxcar.  That might happen a few times.

Depending on how much LCL a given station would handle, the car might have been left at the station for loading, or the cargo might have been loaded "on the fly" to a local freight.

I have an old shipping document for the movement of some household goods over about 50 miles - by rail.  There may or may not have been a trans-shipment of those goods - both locations were served by the NYC, although the destination was on a branch line.

[samfp1943]

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CandOforprogress2

Now how would this have worked by rail?

 

 

Simple - you deliver your pallet to the station, where it gets loaded on an LCL boxcar, along with other LCL cargo that was loaded other places.  The pallet rides that boxcar until it's necessary to unload it and load it on another boxcar.  That might happen a few times.

Depending on how much LCL a given station would handle, the car might have been left at the station for loading, or the cargo might have been loaded "on the fly" to a local freight.

I have an old shipping document for the movement of some household goods over about 50 miles - by rail.  There may or may not have been a trans-shipment of those goods - both locations were served by the NYC, although the destination was on a branch line.

 

  373 rand-Mcnally miles between the two points Bufalo and Burlington..Go out to the Eastside of Buffalo to the Truck Stop and see if you can get a 'bite' on a single pallet LTL shipment for $300.00...You are going to have to be 'generous' with a time frame to deliver it. You will probably need cash to pay the driver. And it migght or might not arrive at the destination?? 

Hire Land Air ( a reputable Carrier) and they will stack their trailer with as many shipments as they can, before they leave. That is the key to LTL success..

 In this day and time..Don't hold your breath for a LCL 'Pool Car', or a loose freight box...IF you should find one; more than likely, it will be delivered WHEN the railroad wants to get it there ( a far cry from when the railroads ran passenger services all around their systems- with attendent Baggage Cars.)

 You'd be better off to go to the Truck Stop and find a guy going to Vermont for a load, or returning home. Once you find someone, figure somewhere around $1.00 to somewhere south of $2.00 to take your pallet to delivery...Once again, you are throwing yourself on the mercy of that driver...

 OR put the pallet in your pick up. charge the company time and mileage. Make sure you do it in the summer, up there.