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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Lotus098 So what kind of goods can be shipped, other than mail, on HSL? [/quote] Everything that doesn't have to go across the country in two days or less. HSR for freight can move bags of mail as well as bags of cat litter. High value or low value, it can move. Coal? Why not? Just because we're hauling 10,000 tons doesn't mean it can't move at 100 mph. Isn't it all about horsepower to ton ratios? And before you say "you'd have to charge a higher per ton rate for coal using HSR rather than LSR (aka the current 25 mph average Class I system)", remember two things: 1. By moving all goods at 100+ mph, you can reduce the inventory costs of the product in question, perhaps enough that the reduced inventory costs might offset a higher per ton rate, not to mention a far greater number of car utilization cycles per year. 2. You can also apply the differential pricing concept to HSR, with the time sensitive goods being charged the higher rates and not-so-time sensitive goods being charged the lower rate. Get the coal to the utility and dump it out, and let them worry about storing it. Warehousing is much more efficient when done at an actual warehouse than on a set of railcars. The analogy I've used before is this: On our Interstate Highway system, all the trucks run at 60-70 mph, it doesn't matter what they are hauling. The lowly gravel truck is moving at 70 mph, the same speed as the time sensitive produce truck. The gravel doesn't need to move at 70 mph, but the system works optimal when all the participants move at the highest possible speed.
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