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Why do railroads run intermodal so fast?
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Secondly, the characteristic of the double stack intermodal train operations favors imports over exports. It is so much easier pricewise to bring something into this country via rail than it is to take it out via rail. The Chinese just love our closed access rail system! They have competitive access to any containerline they want, and they can ship to any U.S. port they want, from which they can use any of the seven remaining Class I railroads to get their products to our consumer markets. There are no Chinese manufacturers who are held captive by a Class I. That experience is borne soley by U.S. manufacturers and producers. Yep, our railroads are really doing us a favor in terms of dealing with the trade deficit with the closed access system and differential pricing.
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