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Why do railroads run intermodal so fast?

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Thanks for setting me straight, Mr. Hemphill.[oops] And I apologize since my coy understatement (" . . . not exactly built for the ages') seems to have implied to you that containers coming from the PRC were jerry-built or of lower quality than those of other lands. It was, indeed, refreshing to hear that all such containers adhere to a recognized international standing. [8D] I've been looking at shipping-company sites and ancillary sites, and have found the industry to be very gung-ho and have seen some of the friendliest websites around. The Taiwanese Yang Ming Lines (stock symbol YMTD.L; website yml.com.tw); American barge company Tidewater (TDW; tidewater.com); Hawaii-based Alexander & Baldwin (ALEX; alexanderbaldwin.com), which owns Matson; and Bahamian Teekay (TK), to name a few, have come off glorious earnings in 2004, much like the railroads, and offer potent competition[4:-)], if nothing other than plugging into ports that would shorten the transcontinental hauling of freight and limit it to far shorter distances and (maybe) shorter-line RR's. After I had seen about my fifth container train da***hru Rochelle, IL, on the UP, with almost nothing but "Pacer Stacktrain" modules (PACR, and they don't OWN most of the containers, they just apply LOGISTICS to 'em[:O]) -- well, there's something quite interesting going on. [:0] To my way of thinking, containers come the closest to offering the color, variety and surprise of, say, boxcars in 1970. I'm also amused to see the large number of UPS and Schneider (trucking) heading both ways. Is there an economical deadheading going on, or is UPS shipping live goods toward Chicago (after all, the whole point of this topics is that intermodals, even if rarely super-speedy, can if so desired by consistent). We've heard so much intelligent talk around the subject. Or, if people want me to, I could inaugurant a new thread about shipping....with due deference to the several experts listening in. [angel] smalling_60626@yahoo.com[D)]
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