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There was a comment regarding 4 truck loads in each rail car. <br /> <br />Alot of the work is LCL. So a Diner in Jersey might ask for 4 pallets of Apples for the week. (Apple Pies, apple sauce, apple salad etc... mmmmm) <br /> <br />2000 pounds per pallet (Not actual weight but sometimes lighter or heavier) 8,000 pounds will fit in about 8 feet worth of a Reefer Rail Car's or truck deck. You probably have another oh... 40-45 more feet worth of deck to load for any number of Jersey customers. <br /> <br />Ive had up to 15-24 customers on a single trailer in LCL service during the Nursery battle push and upwards of 15 or more during some of the produce pushes east. <br /> <br />The most intense form of LCL I know of is direct delivery to restraunts (Spelling?) such as Red Lobsters from distribution centers and under control of corperations such as Darden who controls the consuming facilities. You cannot do that on rail.
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