Leo,
I have been following the BNSF's Transcon along Interstate 40 for the last two days en route to California. About 75 percent of the trains are long double stacks. I haven't seen a single box car. Other trains included auto racks, piggyback, and grain in covered hoppers. Most trains Most train have distributed power units on the rear and a couple also had DP units mid train. This is the way a modern railroad operates. Containers are the new box cars. BTW, that said with all those containers on the BNSF, there is still no shortage of semi trucks on I-40!!
Bill Barber Gravois Mills, MO Fri Apr 24, 2015 6:45 am (PDT) . Posted by:While not directly related to the Q; I thought this group might interested in a news item.
For the week of April 18th the AAR has reported that intermodal shipments exceeded carload movement by 4,000 units. 280,000 vs 276,000. Think about what that implies for the future as more and more commodities are stuffed into containers vs rail cars .
Leo Phillipp
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