What Holo would do if they were all like me

[Zalaerian]

Originally Posted by mrproudbeard [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Huh interesting... Is the cost of shipping on each line regulated or do they each charge their own rate?

Technically no, the rails were deregulated in 1980s with motor carriers. Collusion creating a monopoly is a better description

[Colgate]

tbrz dropping mad railroad knowledge

feels weird tbh

[Zalaerian]

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.

[Jimmybones]

Originally Posted by Zalaerian [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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.

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)."


Source - http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/press_releases/bts045_14

[Jimmybones]

THIS HAS NOW BECOME A LOGISTICS THREAD

[Zalaerian]

Domestic freight possibly. Add in steamship containers, no way.

[Zalaerian]

Also until just recently, only like a handful of Mexico carriers could meet DOT regulations, making inbound Mexican freight a pain in the ass due to the needed cross boarding. Most companies didnt want to put up w that BS and just railed into the US.

[kildone]

My post was half joke but we are so far from Pvp this thread needs to be moved to off topic. Kinda interesting but I'm a nerd irl that way.

[Jimmybones]

Here are the statistics for inter-us shipping. Trucking is still by in large the most common way to move something across the United States. Railroads are more efficient but not as prevalent as the government would like it to be. The DOT has a ongoing campaign to shore up the railroad infrastructure in the U.S in order to make the leap from trucking to RR's.

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http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/ri...figure_03.html

[Zalaerian]

Also, currently the rails are running at like 28%. Norfolk and the rest of them want to keep it as low as possible while doing just enough that the gov't doesnt get involved and force them to increase cap.