compman25
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- Jan 12, 2006
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Originally posted by: charrison
Originally posted by: compman25
Originally posted by: brandonb
Originally posted by: brxndxn
We need more trains... still the most efficient way to ship goods.
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http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/r...428_fuel_economy.shtml
Who cares how long it takes. If it takes 2 weeks to get a product from a port to a store on Truck and 3 weeks with train, what difference does that make to me? I'd rather have the truckers off the road (congestion) and using the method which is 3 times more effecient and uses alot less pollution to get the product to the store.
2 weeks?, 3 weeks? Dream on. A team truck will do coast to coast in 2.5 days. Companies today use JIT (Just in time) procedures for their warehousing and stocking.
Yes but companies can account for latency with rail, just as easily as they can a truck. A train will never beat a 2 man truck, but a 2 man truck is about as expensive as it gets to ship something. Rail is slower, but not slow enough to cause problems for the most part.
Rail is going to be taking more freight away from trucks in the coming years.
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Sure they can account for it, but they aren't going to. It costs them money to carry a product for 2 or 3 weeks while it's sitting on a train not being able to be sold, if they ship by truck they carry the product for 2 or 3 days before it's actually in their hands and out to their stores. That's why they use JIT systems, it saves them money.