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[Tom H Childers]

The JB Hunt company is also a major user of rail to move freight.
I've often seen a mile of them on the rails.

I'd like to see more use of rail transportation by rail to cut down
on the number of overloaded 18 wheelers tearing up our roads.  Here
in TX they have passed legislation allowing 100,000 lb loads of wheat
on the I-45 corridor to Houston.  If it's legal to haul 100,000 lbs,
they will haul 150,000 lbs with 54 foot long trailers.

Sorry about the OT remarks ;o(

73,
Tom
Amateur Radio Operator N5GE
ARRL Lifetime Member
QCWA Lifetime Member

On Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:51:40 -0700, Lewis Phelps <lew at n6lew.us>
wrote:

>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. 
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>Lew
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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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