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The troble with boxcars is that they are a slow way to move freight. It can take 15 days for a boxcar to be moved from one end of the the country to another as opposed to 5-6 days for Intermodal. It did not always used to be this way as the ERIE and the WESTERN MARYLAND had fast freight boxcar trains. They Operated there own Less then truckload terminals(LTL) were boxs of High value Mechadise were transloaded onto trucks for Bloomingdales and the May Co. In Akron Oh Oneils Dep. Store got a switch direct from the ERIE. For perishables there were major produce terminals in Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Though both termimals get railroad cars ....they get only a handfull a week as opposed to the 100 car trains in the heyday. Highvalue mechdise has gone to trucks and TOFC and boxcars are left with the dreges.
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