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Old 08-26-2013, 08:43 AM
 
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The entire country isn't going to switch back to rail simply because Pittsburgh has bad bridges.

Plus rail isn't efficient. It takes much longer to ship via rail because the railroads don't move just one railcar, they wait until there are enough for an entire train. Switching back to rail would severely slow down the country's economy.
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Old 08-26-2013, 10:34 AM
 
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The entire country isn't going to switch back to rail simply because Pittsburgh has bad bridges.

Plus rail isn't efficient. It takes much longer to ship via rail because the railroads don't move just one railcar, they wait until there are enough for an entire train. Switching back to rail would severely slow down the country's economy.
Seems to work just fine in China, a country as vast and spread out as our geographically.
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Old 08-26-2013, 11:13 AM
 
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Seems to work just fine in China, a country as vast and spread out as our geographically.
Yeah, transportation is working out great in China.

China's mega-jams show the true cost of coal | Jonathan Watts | Environment | theguardian.com
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Old 08-26-2013, 11:30 AM
 
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...that article had nothing to do with rail transport.
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Old 08-26-2013, 12:17 PM
 
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The powers that be do not want rail transportation.
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Old 08-26-2013, 12:20 PM
 
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...that article had nothing to do with rail transport.
Actually, it does. Those coal trucks are on the road because passengers get first priority in rail transportation.

The rail system doesn't have the capacity to meet the demands of non-passenger transport.
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Old 08-26-2013, 12:23 PM
 
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Actually, it does. Those coal trucks are on the road because passengers get first priority in rail transportation.

The rail system doesn't have the capacity to meet the demands of non-passenger transport.
Seriously, anytime I 've been on the rails, passengers are the last concern.
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Old 08-26-2013, 12:23 PM
 
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Here's another article about it:

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Because passengers take political priority, there isn’t much room left over for coal, most of which must be transported by truck—leading to monumental traffic jams like the infamous 10-day, 62-mile backup that took place outside Beijing last August—forcing many parts of China to import coal from abroad.

By shifting all of that passenger traffic onto “the fast track,” high-speed rail advocates argue China can open up capacity on its existing rail network to move not only more coal, but also other types of goods, thus relieving the road backups and boosting both productivity and regional development.

China’s Been Working on the Railroad | Patrick Chovanec
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Old 08-26-2013, 12:25 PM
 
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Seriously, anytime I 've been on the rails, passengers are the last concern.
We're talking China. I'm challenging Aqua's claim that rail works fine for transporting goods in China. It doesn't.
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Old 08-26-2013, 12:39 PM
 
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We're talking China. I'm challenging Aqua's claim that rail works fine for transporting goods in China. It doesn't.
That must be why they're investing billions into their rail infrastructure.

Total failure I tell you.
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