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Is there a market for 79+ MPH Intermodal service in the US or does capacity issues kill the idea??
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It's too bad the railroads abandoned most of their redundant lines after the merger orgey. It would have made more sense for them to dedicated certain lines for higher speed trains and leave the others for the slower stuff, than to settle for the one time scrap price. They apparently weren't planning on any future global economic growth, else we wouldn't have the uneccessary capacity crunch we're experiencing now. Just plain bad planning. <br /> <br />I agree with Colin's nee-Davidson's assessment, that you should run even your so-called drag freights at the highest speed possible to keep from clogging up the mainline and damaging your intermodal logistics. Either that, or reroute your drags onto the secondary mains (if there are any left!) and leave the mainline for the 60mph+ trains. The railroads greatest growth potential is easily intermodal, so why not spend more to develop these markets rather than hanging the entire company's fate on minimal growth markets like coal and grain?
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