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Railroads Unlimited! America's Modern Transportation Miracle AAR
Railroads Unlimited Americas Modern Transportation Miracle Association of American Railroads Date Unknown. Approx 32 pages.
WHEN truck trailers and containers decided they like to ride railway flatcars better than struggling over highways, the most dynamic of all postwar rail services was launched. And the public, as well as both trains and trucks, has been reaping rising benefits ever since.
In piggybacking, rail management found and developed a highly efficient way to reach out to "off-line" industries and use roads to funnel freight shipments to rail heads for high-speed volume movement over main lines. Thus was the local flexibility of trucking combined with the line-haul speed and economy of railroading to give door-to-door rail service.
Piggyback traffic is now over five times the level of ten years ago. Even so, this form of train-truck teamwork now accounts for just 4 per cent of all rail carloadings and is equivalent to only about 5 per cent of the freight volume moving ,over intercity highways. A vast potential therefore exists for further growth.
In fact, piggybacking is expected at least to triple over the next 10 years. Why? This reason reflecting superior economy stands out:
It takes 200 tractor-trailer combinations to move as much freight over a highway as one 100-car piggyback train can move over a railway.
Because of piggyback service, nearly 3 million trips by truck-trailers and containers are now made annually by train instead of over congested highways.
Containers, which, unlike ordinary truck trailers, do not travel with attached wheels, are also seeing rapid growth-especially in international train-ship commerce. These are basically big boxes which can be readily transferred from train to truck, ship or airplane without reloading contents. Containers now account for one-tenth of all combined rail piggyback loadings.
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