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I'm all for more inter-modal rail traffic and all other types of freight too and less truck traffic to help make the roads less congested and safer, but we have to face the fact that we could never go without some form of a truck. It may not have to be a 53' trailer running 70 mph on the interstate, but some sort of transportation would be required to get freight to places too far away from the rails. With nothing running over Saluda now, the nearest place for a train to come here would be 20 to 25 miles away. Even if it were re-opened there are places in the county and around that are 15 miles away from the tracks, some places rail lines can't even be built and I'm sure there are numerous other areas like this across the country. They would have to have some way of getting their freight to them in mass supply, as in a truck. Have to face that trains simply can't go everywhere. But trucks do need to be cut back. Way back.
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