Gleaned from a news paper clipping in Canada
"There are to many big trucks on the road, causing congestion, road deterioration,many Main Highways have reached their capacity. The solution, rail transport :
While highways may be reaching their limits,capacity still exists on rail corridors which can be augmented to handle future growth.
A average freight train can take 275 big trucks off the roads
The Railway Association estimates that diverting 100 million tonnes of freight per year to the rail system would be the equivalentof 3 million truckloads,saving $500 million a year on road maintenance and construction."
Heres hoping we will see an up surge in railtraffic
"There are to many big trucks on the road, causing congestion, road deterioration,many Main Highways have reached their capacity. The solution, rail transport :
While highways may be reaching their limits,capacity still exists on rail corridors which can be augmented to handle future growth.
A average freight train can take 275 big trucks off the roads
The Railway Association estimates that diverting 100 million tonnes of freight per year to the rail system would be the equivalentof 3 million truckloads,saving $500 million a year on road maintenance and construction."
Heres hoping we will see an up surge in railtraffic