Login
or
Register
Home
»
Trains Magazine
»
Forums
»
General Discussion
»
Schneider Charters Trains - this is a WOW!
Edit post
Edit your reply below.
Post Body
Enter your post below.
Heh. <br /> <br />**Rubs rag with a happy face.... <br /> <br />Roight. Put the box to the dock. Load box. Arrange the transport, catch the train get to the train at the other end get box to customer or onto ship and it's done. <br /> <br />You cannot do that below a certain distance because it is literally unweildy due to the time consumed getting the load run. <br /> <br />The word "Over the Road" trucking to me is dead. That is not intermodal. <br /> <br />Reaching back to my early days I see a Intermodal train carrying 300 Boxes give or take a few to a place several states away and a old driver said: <br /> <br />"Yep, no need to buy 300 sleeper trucks, hire 300 long haul drivers or pay all that desiel and payroll as well as the excrucitating paperwork on each load." <br /> <br />Stick it all on the train and have a bunch of daycab locals at the yard with dispatchers hollaring "Fetch!" everytime a train came in with it's burden. <br /> <br />Who knew? <br /> <br />I suppose a company willing to be flexible to use all modes availible to get a load of widgets there first, cheaper and faster than the competition will get the hire. <br /> <br />Maybe the Orange Fleet finally used all 4 sides to a box that can break the company speed limit. =) <br /> <br />(Sorry, had to put that in to amuse the old truckers who knows the game) <br /> <br />The midwest is a tough tough game to play in from a trucker's point of view.
Tags (Optional)
Tags are keywords that get attached to your post. They are used to categorize your submission and make it easier to search for. To add tags to your post type a tag into the box below and click the "Add Tag" button.
Add Tag
Update Reply
Join our Community!
Our community is
FREE
to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.
Login »
Register »
Search the Community
Newsletter Sign-Up
By signing up you may also receive occasional reader surveys and special offers from Trains magazine.Please view our
privacy policy
More great sites from Kalmbach Media
Terms Of Use
|
Privacy Policy
|
Copyright Policy