In a message dated 12/29/00 12:01:16 AM Central Standard Time, okt@j...
writes:
<< Those are Roadrailers, they've been around for years, though AMTK has
only been handling them for a couple of years. They've been handling
mail and express for a while too, and would like to do more, some host
roads don't like the idea, others realize it's not the kind of business
they can capture and are happy to help take it away from trucks.
All of this has been documented for a while in Trains, Railfan and
Railroad, CTC Board and Railnews (before they were shut down by Pentrex).
Terry >>
I find it funny that the main reason for the demise of the passenger trains
in the late 1960's was the Post Office taking the mail off the passenger
trains..... now it is back on the passenger trains under Amtrak.
Loren Johnson
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