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Futuremodal, <br /> <br />Are you sure about that assessment regarding the terminal to terminal times. I think that might be true on BNSF and UP. Where I have heard from railfan friends of mine tell me that they couldn't even chase "junk trains" on the UP and BNSF mains going at 80 MPH on the the parallel US highways and Interstates in rental cars. <br /> <br />But here in the east both NS and CSX seem to loathe to power up their hot intermodals more than 2 HPT and with the typical Amtraker going at 79 MPH and with a HPT ratio of 5 to 10 to get up to track speed quickly. It seems thqt the death of Amtrak Roadrailers is more than terminal to terminal timings. The Three Rivers is still way faster than anything that NS and CSX puts on the east coast to Chicago market. <br /> <br />Correct me if I am wrong.
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