Add a New Bulls Reason Industry: Railroads Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 100% agree 1 votes   China and energy Last edited on 08/17/08 | Edit | History Drive across the US western states and you will see long trains loaded with coal and goods from China. (100 character max) Cancel 50% agree 2 votes   Economic stimulus impact on the Logistics sector will be profound and show gains yet in '09 Top Contributor: D. Edward Wentworth | Last edited on 03/13/09 | Edit | History The marked increase in the use of Intermodal Transportation in North America (and Worldwide), often referred to as 'Stack-Trains", has created a renewed focus on practical solutions for reducing carbon emissions caused by Over The Road (OTR) trucks.There are many inherent inefficiencies regarding the under-utilization of our existing government- subsidized, modern Railway infrastructure. The challenge for the future of Logistics management will be to embrace all emerging alternative fuel and modal technologies to overhaul a system that is both archaic in efficiency and prohibitive in both cost and safety relative to our deteriorating Highway infrastructure. (100 character max) Cancel

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