[Elecraft] YEEE HAA!

[Lewis Phelps]

As a former railroad company officer, I can tell you that UPS uses the nation's rail system very heavily for piggyback (trailer on flat car, or TOFC) shipments that are longer than one or two day's run in a truck. The "break-even" distance (rail and truck costs equal) varies depending on fuel costs and specific locale, but in general, if it's traveling more than 1,000 miles it will do most of that journey by rail. The major railroads all run UPS-only trains, and they have about the highest priority of any traffic on the line, equal priority for use of the main line with Amtrak, and sometimes higher. 

Lew


Lew Phelps N6LEW
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On Jun 13, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Bill Blomgren (kk4qdz) <billblomgren at yahoo.com> wrote:

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> Makes me wonder if UPS shipped it cross country on truck, or if it went by rail......
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