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| Scott in SoCal... |
 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:43 pm |
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Last time on rec.autos.driving, John David Galt
<jdg at (no spam) diogenes.sacramento.ca.us> said:
Quote: Rail tends to serve only the major metro areas, and indeed a lot of
shipping to Chicago, LA, Atlanta, etc. does go intermodal.
How quickly we forget that it was the railroads, serving lots of tiny
little towns along the route, that opened up the vast unsettled bulk
of this country west of the Mississippi.
Quote: The
problem arises when companies that are going to regularly send/receive
big-rig sized loads build their plants in locations that are hard (or
it's not obvious how) to safely reach by truck.
Companies locate where it is efficient and cost-effective to locate.
Those that don't don't remain in business for very long.
Quote: It would help if there were still direct rail tracks into most
industrial locations.
If the demand is there, the tracks will be rebuilt. And a level
playing field will generate LOTS of demand. |
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| gpsman... |
| Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:23 pm |
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On Oct 16, 1:05 pm, Brent <tetraethylleadREMOVET... at (no spam) yahoo.com> wrote:
Quote: On 2009-10-16, Larry Sheldon <lfshel... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
I've been stuck waiting for truckers who
ignored height restriction signs for a couple miles on a two lane road
that then stopped before hitting the overpass.
Where? What road, which overpass?
Quote: The only solution (no 'superiority' here since we are too stupid to do
anything else we will all starve to death) is to remove the excuse for
us being on your roads at all.
You wanted to play that game but didn't realize my profession is why you
have something to haul in the first place.
I didn't realize sitting in your mom's residence 24/7 making yourself
more ignorant absorbing everything on the internet that is wrong via
her ISP while not paying a dime in rent for a couple decades
constituted a "profession".
What, exactly, is the title that profession?
I know you like to pretend you're some sort of engineer on Usenet, but
those actively engaged in a profession don't have your time to post to
Usenet.
You have managed to attain 2 (!) positions among the Top Ten Posters
Of All Time in r.a.d.
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.autos.driving/about?hl=en
and you've nearly doubled the number of posts of the #2 r.a.d. poster
this month.
You post more and say less worthwhile than anybody with the slightest
lick of sense could, or would.
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| John David Galt... |
| Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:15 pm |
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Quote: John David Galt said:
Rail tends to serve only the major metro areas, and indeed a lot of
shipping to Chicago, LA, Atlanta, etc. does go intermodal.
Scott in SoCal wrote:
Quote: How quickly we forget that it was the railroads, serving lots of tiny
little towns along the route, that opened up the vast unsettled bulk
of this country west of the Mississippi.
I know that perfectly well, just as I know that modern suburbs such as
those of Los Angeles were "opened up" by streetcar lines. That doesn't
imply that either the small towns or the suburbs still have their rails,
or ought to have them. If the rails still made economic sense, they
would still be there. The only cases where it's a tragedy they're gone
are where senseless tax laws are the only reason it no longer pays to
have them around. For passenger rails that isn't true anywhere, but for
freight rails serving industrial sites, it often is.
Quote: The
problem arises when companies that are going to regularly send/receive
big-rig sized loads build their plants in locations that are hard (or
it's not obvious how) to safely reach by truck.
Companies locate where it is efficient and cost-effective to locate.
Those that don't don't remain in business for very long.
And if government weren't distorting the markets, cost-effectiveness
would have a close relationship to common sense and reality.
Quote: It would help if there were still direct rail tracks into most
industrial locations.
If the demand is there, the tracks will be rebuilt. And a level
playing field will generate LOTS of demand.
I'm all for it. Let's start by cutting off the huge subsidy from car
and gas taxes to bus and rail systems in all their forms. |
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