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They would operate definately, whether they own or lease all depends niche contractors, and this comes from conversations with trucking representatives. <br /> <br />For you see, the trucking companies just want to get the truckload from point A to point B as quickly and inexpensively as possible. They're not hung up on traditions borne of buggy whip technologies, and they are extremely service oriented toward their customers. They have to be, they are in a very competitive market. Right now they use rail intermodal as it is offered by the railroad companies, not as they would utilize rail if they could call the shots. Double stack may be "efficient" for the railroad companies to move boxes from Terminal A to Terminal B, but it is not necessarily the most cost or service efficient way to move a boxload from Dock A to Dock B. TOFC may involve equipment that is more acceptable to traditional railroad practice, but it is extremely anachronistic compared to bi-modal.
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