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Where the RailRunner technology can open up new markets is in bi-modal transportation of grain. Each time grain is transfered from one receptacle to the other, there is a certain percentage of damage. If grain can be loaded directly into standard 40' containers at the farm, then it can stay there unmolested until the deep water port is reached. Since most grain today needs a 100 plus mile truck haul to reach rail terminals anyway, there will always be a significant truckhaul component. Use of bimodal technology can allow a solution to empty backhauls of ISO containers. Bi modal equipment can be used to either haul all the way to the deep water port or to the nearest intermodal terminal, where the containers can be double stacked the rest of the way.
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