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Murphy, Ed wasn't using logic, rather just throwing in the old way of thinking. First of all, who said anything about 100 mph freights using standard railcars? If you want to go dock to dock ASAP to beat over the road trucks, you use bi-modal ideally, with TOFC and COFC your plan B. You're not going to be using boxcars, lumber cars, hoppers, etc. because what those cars haul tends not to be time sensitive anyway, and whatever time advantage you gained by flying 100 mph would be lost in the pallet shuffle to the short haul truck anyway. And I would never send one of my trains into a rusting yard, rather they'd head straight for the intermodal transfer sidings, because (get this) THEY'RE ALL IN TRAILER AND/OR CONTAINER FORM! Why you'd need to do away with every grade crossing wasn't explained. Hmmmm, didn't the original Hiawathas and Zephyrs hit triple digits over many a grade crossing? Just make sure people are aware that 100 mph freights will be using the line. Of course, you can't stop every idiot from trying to drive in front of a train, but then again life is full of risk. Logistics parks? Here in the States we call 'em intermodal facilities, and they already exist in most cities large and small, with more on the way. They're either already paid for or in the funding loop as we speak. Amazing, and they do it all without the fabled money tree! If one could actually run 100 mph trains between LA and Chicago, then you would only need a third of the equipment you have now to do the same job, because your turn around time just decreased by a third. It's called euipment utilization, and if you get more loads per year out of your equipment, you also get more revenue per year out of that equipment. As I said before, warehousing in transit is very inefficient compared to actual warehousing, and all you're doing is providing warehousing au gratis to the shipper while charging only for the actual transportation. Is that what today's railroads have become? A bunch of mini-warehouses on steel wheels? Sadly, it seems that way. What a waste!
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