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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:13 PM Original message |
Has anyone noticed more freight trains where you live? |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. No... I hardly ever hear them except a distant horn blow in the wee hours... |
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colt equalizer (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. No, and the obvious problem with rail is a very limited distribution network. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. That's where the trucks come in |
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colt equalizer (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
15. Your theory clashes with Just In Time manufacturing. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I think you're wrong. |
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colt equalizer (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. NPR? How many businesses does NPR own? |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You don't comprehend well, do you. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. JIT inventory techniques were invented in Japan, and US companies tried to copy them in the 1990s. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. In other words, they were created for vertical monopolies |
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HCE SuiGeneris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Colt decided to return to his regular domain... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
27. JIT is designed to benefit giants and put the little guy out of business. It depends on cheap oil. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Before you respond, ask David Gunn about what business unit theory and JIT did to railroads. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. It's been that way for at least two years. |
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MuseRider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yes, much more. |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. I live very close to a railroad yard. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yes. A lot more. |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, |
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AllyCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. Hmmm...could it be...Wally World??? |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
9. I've noticed a bunch more Amtrac trains. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Flights out of Newark have been cancelled all week because of thunderstorms. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
10. The rail companies will have to improve their service standards |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. They only care about GIANT bulk customers. That is because we live in a "monopolistic capitalism" |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
11. hell yes - they added a second track through here a couple years ago |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
13. The railway system is doing a heavy marketing campaign on using rail for goods. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:42 PM Response to Original message |
14. Very much yes. |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yep. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. yes. nt |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
19. yes...more trains with more full cars |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Back to the future! nt |
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SahaleArm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, Railroads are up 20-30% from last summer |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. no our rails have been converted to trails EOM |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:14 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. Yep, we have no rails left north of Lake P'train, how pathetic is that? |
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ribrepin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:15 AM Response to Original message |
25. I live near the tracks in our town |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
28. seasonal, to some extent |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 07:16 AM Response to Original message |
34. Here in Newport News |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 12:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I love the smell of global warming in the morning. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. All of these 300 cars a day are going overseas, Mostly to |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. Yes, and they're all painted U.N. blue |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
39. I live next to a railroad crossing |
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ribrepin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-28-08 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
40. I just saw two engines pulling and one pushing |
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