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http://www.progressiverailroading.com/freightnews/article.asp?id=7510 <br /> <br />Gist of article: Taking freight/trucks off highways and onto rails will reduce congestion and save fuel. <br /> <br />It's not that there isn't merit in the argument, it's that it ignores today's supply chain realities. Since today's logistical blueprint has trucks as the primary mode for local delivery, and since most congestion happens in urban areas, taking trucks off the highways and onto trains will not reduce urban congestion, because those TOFC trucks will still need to transit the urban byways between typical intermodal terminal and all those warehouses/distribution centers/etc. <br /> <br />What I want to know is the AAR's end game with all these "taking trucks off highways" studies. Could it be the railroads are positioning themselves for a government handout?
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