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Since companies often cannot afford timely shipping of goods by truck, they are forced to use the competition-starved and therefore inefficient and overly expensive railways.
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Actually I'm quite happy to see the RR's getting "back in the game"... I've been a big fan of the rail transportation sector for many years. If I'm not mistaken, the cost per lb/mile is about the lowest when compared to other freight transport industries. I'd love to see a second "Railroad Renaissance" in this country like we had from the 1900's throught the 1950's.
The thing that hurt the railways IMO, were the all the years and huge amount of $$$ the FED used to "subsidize" AMtrak... I think the public in general attached negative views to this and the image of RRs suffered.
My consolation, as a truck driver, is that practically no matter where you look, it'll still take a truck to get goods to the retailers somewhere in the supply chain.
