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Originally Posted by Zalaerian
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The majority of freight that is moved across north America is done via rail. Alot of people think the railroads are some relic of the past for transportation. Those people are very wrong.
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Railroads are the second largest mode of transportation of freight in North America. Trucking is still the largest.
"Trucks carry three-fifths of U.S.-NAFTA freight and are the most heavily utilized mode for moving goods to and from both U.S.-NAFTA partners. Trucks carried 59.2 percent of U.S.-NAFTA freight in July 2014, accounting for $30.5 billion of exports and $29.3 billion of imports.
Rail remained the second largest mode, moving 14.8 percent of all U.S.-NAFTA freight, followed by vessel at 9.1 percent, pipeline at 8.5 percent, and air at 3.4 percent. The surface transportation modes of truck, rail and pipeline carried 82.4 percent of the total U.S.-NAFTA freight flows (Table 2)."
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http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/press_releases/bts045_14