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[quote user="bradyrs"]Never saw a "car length" transfer table - only "truck length" ones in some shops to aid in truck maintenance/replacement. The bigger ones sound interesting, though![/quote] There have been some funiculars set up like that, too, in memory serves.
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[quote user="bradyrs"]Never saw a "car length" transfer table - only "truck length" ones in some shops to aid in truck maintenance/replacement. The bigger ones sound interesting, though![/quote] There have been some funiculars set up like that, too, in memory serves.
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[quote user="amtk52"] As for information from a person that has experienced a career in both freight and passenger, I can tell you first-hand that Intermodal was NOT a money-losing proposition before; it is just MUCH more cost-efficient using the loaders. [/quote] You think that every early intermodal run on every line was a moneymaker? Or
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[quote user="BacktotheFuture"] My folks retired from Chicago area to Nowhereville, VA several years ago. Believe it was Atlas 53' Intermodal box was dropped off and loaded. Moved via CSX to VA where it was picked up and delivered. Very little damage to the contents as well. Haven't seen anything on west coast trains though. [/quote
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[quote user="candlou"] I would think that you can put a few of your eggs in the basket that supports you... [/quote] Sure - sometimes. You don't want it to become a case of supporting them, though. And you don't want it to be prefeential against certain roads. And you don't want it to be cyclical in the same way that retirement
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I'd suggest there are a couple of exceptions. One is household goods moves. It'd be a small niche market, but I think its out there now on a couple of runs. Whether it would last would be another question, too. All of this presumes that the effective subsidy of heavy trucking continues; when enough automobile owners wake up to that, all bets
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[quote user="railroadpostoffice1"] [quote user="anmccaff"] This is pretty common, and for good reason. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. [/quote] No but railroads are a part of a diversivied blue chip investment portfolio. Unless investing in railroads is now considered a contrarian alternotive investment [/quote] Potential
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This is pretty common, and for good reason. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Speaking as someone who lives in a state that uses ferries rather often, I'm very, very aware of the time tradeoff. Unless you want to spend a great deal on energy, with all the economic and ecological consequences that implies, car (both senses) ferries are much slower than cars or trains on their own, and only get high-speed business when they
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If there were a serious need for it, it's be simple enough to make a staggered arrangement, with half the autos parked hard against on side, and half against the other, and certain areas kept clear for bypass. Ferries do this sort of stuff all the time. I'm not saying it would be a good idea, except for very specific niches, but I can see ways