[AT] Rail cars.

[Lew Best]

I can vaguely recall rail shipping being popular when I was a kid (I'm
65 now).  You could take stuff to the Railway Express Office down town &
drop it off.  IIRC it was cheap but very slow.  I think trucks took over
due to the speed factor; rail cars sat sometimes for several days
waiting to get in a train going where they needed to go.

Wouldn't surprise me though to see even more of the rail cars that haul
semi trailers to reduce fuel costs.

Lew near Waco, TX


-----Original Message-----
 
So why did they go away??? ... Labor too high??? .. they have darn good 
retirement (RR)

Paul Waugh
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Irma Brown" <bellville1 at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 10:53 PM
Subject: [AT] Rail cars.


>I sure do agree with the fact it would e wise to get the rail cars back
to
> hauling freight and cut down the trucks that are running. . It seems
that 
> in
> our country as soon as we get something that works we have to up and 
> change
> it. Sometimes not for the better. Just my two cents.
>
> Irma
> Western, KY
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