Why is rail slow?
Author: flagman
Date: 06-10-2024 - 20:55
John Wrote:
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> Your mail does not move by rail for the same
> reason many shippers don't use rail. Too slow too
> unreliable. In this USPS study 58.5 percent of the
> rail shipments were late.
Why is rail slow and unreliable now? Congestion?
When trains pass the Tucson cam, they move by at track speed. But they are often stopped for red signals.
It is easy to blame PSR for all that is wrong, but we should be careful in making assumptions.