[AT] Rail cars.

[Richard Fink Sr]

I agree on that Lou. This area got a lot of lumber and steel some of 
the heavy equipment also. not any more. one place i worked they got 
two cat d10 dozers permitted from Peiora Il to there buy truck.
R fink



At 09:31 AM 2/23/2008 -0500, you wrote:

>CSX has been advertising "bragging" on several local radio stations on how
>efficient their locomotives are.  The say that they can haul a ton of
>freight 413 miles on one gallon of fuel.  I realize that there are many
>costs, other than fuel.
>
>If an effective system is put in place with long term goals.  There is no
>reason why it can't economically viable. It seems that the rail system used
>to work well.  The "gotta have it now" mentality has taken over.
>
>Back in the 30's, 40's, 50's, and early 60's, all of the local farm
>equipment got all the equipment hauled in on train. Many of the old
>dealerships were right by the rail station, as they were also the grain
>elevator in the area. You could haul a lot more equipment on one train than
>you can on a semi-truck.  Now our local dealers have maybe one or two
>tractors hauled in on one truck.  However, occasionally I do see flatbed
>cars of either John Deere or Case-IH tractors heading east.  I have no idea
>where they are going.  I don't know if they are for export or going to the
>east coast.
>
>Ford used to have a large plant by us, they built the Thunderbird and
>Econoline vans.  They had loading faculties right at the plant for two
>different train lines.  They used to load a lot of cars and vans onto
>trains. So, there must be some economic advantage to using the rail system.
>
>Again, just my thoughts
>
>Lou
>
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>It's called ECONOMICS. If it was cheaper to use railroads we would be
>doing so.
>         Dave
>
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>David Rotigel
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>On Feb 22, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Irma Brown wrote:
>
> > 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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