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Another "putting trucks on the rails" study by AAR
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oltmannd, <br /> <br />Of all those cities you cite, can you give reasonable credence to the prospect that all those trucks are merely passing through, and not engaged in local pick-up/delivery? The point I'm trying to make is that I believe most trucks you find parked on congested urban freeways are either doing business somewhere in that urban area, or originated in an area that doens't have TOFC service, or are destined for an area without TOFC service. It doesn't matter if those trucks came via a lonely Nevada Interstate or a Class I TOFC service, they all gotta complete that last mile to/from the loading dock. Railroads have gravitated away from dock to dock service (which is mostly carload traffic), replaced by consolidated terminals and unit trains. <br /> <br />It has never been truer than today, railroads are becoming more and more dependent on trucks to provide the cargo.
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