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Could any of you great minds dumb this down a bit for someone like me and expand a little further if possible? <br />Can you give a generic example (maybe in percentages) of something like ,say a Maersk ship off-loads its containers at the Port of La. A consist is made on the UP with half of its containers headed for Chicago and the other half for Pittsburg. <br />How are the different carrier costs divied up? What if they have to re-route due to a derailment? How do trackage rights play-in? <br />I'm not asking about the customer- they probably are most likely locked-in to a rate, correct? How do the different rail carriers deal with each other and problems that arise during transit? <br />It doesn't have to be intermodal from West coast to midwest- any product that changes hands between supplier to user.
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