ap article about shortline railroads
Aug. 26th, 2009 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walkitouth/t my husband R. for e-mailing this to me:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090826/ap_on_re_us/us_boutique_railroads_1
Several takeaways: deregulation made it possible for shortlines to start/grow/recover; as long as a shortline has access to at least 2 class one lines for connectivity, they can play one off the other to keep rates low to their own (the shortlines) customers; companies (especially Big Food processors) like to locate where land is cheap and there is also cheap freight available -- which shortlines can provide.
It's seems clear to me that I understood this article better as a result of reading Stilgoe, but I still think the article is well-enough written (clear and with enough detail) for readers first encountering these ideas to pick up on them. Great stuff.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090826/ap_on_re_us/us_boutique_railroads_1
Several takeaways: deregulation made it possible for shortlines to start/grow/recover; as long as a shortline has access to at least 2 class one lines for connectivity, they can play one off the other to keep rates low to their own (the shortlines) customers; companies (especially Big Food processors) like to locate where land is cheap and there is also cheap freight available -- which shortlines can provide.
It's seems clear to me that I understood this article better as a result of reading Stilgoe, but I still think the article is well-enough written (clear and with enough detail) for readers first encountering these ideas to pick up on them. Great stuff.