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SP5103 Wrote:
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> FUD Wrote:
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> > I've never seen a "rule of thumb" about the
> > rail/truck break being 100 miles. Add a zero
> and
> > you're closer. Even 500 miles isn't really
> enough
> > for transport from a seaport to an inland port
> -
> > that's a pretty close to a standard day's drive
> > for a trucker.
>
> IIRC, I heard the 100 mile rule around 40 years
> ago. The 500 mile intermodal figure in the last
> few years. There was a big change when railroads
> we're deregulated with the ICC regulations going
> away. Under the ICC, often times a carrier was
> expected to handle some traffic at or below cost
> for the public good, as long as the more
> profitable traffic subsidized it and it wasn't a
> substantial burden on the company.
>
> Nowadays, railroads and even some trucking
> companies are running off traffic they don't
> consider profitable enough or worth the trouble.
> Far fewer restrictions or public considerations
> for common carriers now.
>
> The upcoming reciprocal switch battle will be
> interesting. Personally I think the mega mergers
> from BN in 1970 on eliminated too much competition
> and too many Class 1s don't cooperate with
> shortlines.