4 Mar
2002
4 Mar
'02
10:16 p.m.
It is too bad one can't share the truck and have
the truck move
across the country with computers. There must be a lot of computers
on the east and west coasts that have to move inland and from one
side of the country to the other. Too bad you can't ship rail anymore.
You can, it's just that they've unfortunately ripped-up all the
old rail in order to create greenbelts... I'm lucky that I've
got a mixed-use railhead near my home (freight and newly-restored
Amtrack service), but I'd still need a step-van or flatbed to
bring it that last mile...
-dq
4 Mar
4 Mar
10:48 p.m.
New subject: Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, OR to Yates
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
How do you go about convincing a rail carrier to take a shipment which is
less than a full rail car?
Peace... Sridhar
It is too bad
one can't share the truck and have the truck move
across the country with computers. There must be a lot of computers
on the east and west coasts that have to move inland and from one
side of the country to the other. Too bad you can't ship rail anymore.
You can, it's just that they've unfortunately ripped-up all the
old rail in order to create greenbelts... I'm lucky that I've
got a mixed-use railhead near my home (freight and newly-restored
Amtrack service), but I'd still need a step-van or flatbed to
bring it that last mile... 
11:34 p.m.
New subject: Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, OR to
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
How do you go about convincing a rail carrier to take a shipment which
is less than a full rail car?
Uhhh.... Pay for a full rail car? :)
It is too
bad one can't share the truck and have the truck move
across the country with computers. There must be a lot of computers
on the east and west coasts that have to move inland and from one
side of the country to the other. Too bad you can't ship rail
anymore.
You can, it's just that they've unfortunately ripped-up all the
old rail in order to create greenbelts... I'm lucky that I've
got a mixed-use railhead near my home (freight and newly-restored
Amtrack service), but I'd still need a step-van or flatbed to
bring it that last mile...
Peace... Sridhar
Bob
5 Mar
5 Mar
1:22 a.m.
New subject: Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, OR to Yates
Julius Sridhar wrote:
How do you go about convincing a rail carrier to take
a shipment which is
less than a full rail car?
Well at one time, you packed things in crates and they filled the cars.
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12:36 a.m.
New subject: Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, OR toYates
Where has rail been ripped up? I've never heard of that happening. Is
it a national trend?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
You can, it's just that they've unfortunately
ripped-up all the
old rail in order to create greenbelts... I'm lucky that I've
got a mixed-use railhead near my home (freight and newly-restored
Amtrack service), but I'd still need a step-van or flatbed to
bring it that last mile...
-dq
1:14 a.m.
New subject: Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, OR toYates
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Where has rail been ripped up? I've never heard
of that happening. Is
it a national trend?
The rail's being ripped out all over the place. More than half of the
rail freight carriers in the U.S. went under in the 1970's.
PEace... Sridhar
3:08 a.m.
New subject: Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, OR toYates
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Julius Sridhar wrote:
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Chad Fernandez wrote:
Either the city of Houston or the county recently removed a main line
(don't know the designation) that stretched across the city. IIRC, it
connected lots of warehouse areas together, and had lots of small spurs to
other areas. We still have lots more rail that is still in use, but it
does not reach all the warehouse areas that it once did. The abandonment
of that one line seemed to be due to more use of trucks instead of trains
for shipping. The Metro rail project that is going on right now is reusing
the rail that was removed.
-Toth
Where has rail been ripped up? I've never
heard of that happening. Is
it a national trend?
The rail's being ripped out all over the place. More than half of the
rail freight carriers in the U.S. went under in the 1970's. 
2:25 a.m.
New subject: Suggestions for hauling Computer Garage from Beaverton, OR toYates
Where has rail been ripped up? I've never heard of
that happening. Is
it a national trend?
There are a number of old railroad beds on the east coast
that have been converted into hiking trails. It looks like privately
owned short-haul rail lines are making a minor comeback though and
putting some of the rail to use that would've otherwise been pulled
up.
Jeff
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