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[quote]QUOTE: <i>Originally posted by art11758</i> <br /><br />Fed Ex time sensitive/overnight service still goes by air. When they purchased American Freightways they aquired the infrastructure for dedicated team driven truck service. Considering how many highways there are, even in some of the remotest parts of this country, proper dispatch could and does easily give better transit time. JMO I'm far from an expert. Just a interested observer. <br />[/quote] <br /> <br />I too, am a somewhat interested observer, and by no means an expert, the holding company has three major components, FedEx Express, FedEx Ground and FedEx Freight. Each of these companies operated separately from each other. They have separate management, infrastructure and equipment. <br /> <br />FedEx Fright is the LTL (less than truck load) company, which was put together by merging American Freightways, in the east, with Viking in the west. It does use some intermodal rail. <br /> <br />The last article I saw on the subject listing LTL intermodal rail use was from a couple of years ago, top on the list was Yellow Freight, next was Roadway, then ABF. FedEx Freight was a think 4th on the list, but with a substantially smaller volume than the 3 top rail users. <br /> <br />I know very little about the package business, but I think FedEx Ground uses very little intermodal rail services, especially compared to UPS. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />
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