....and longer.
Sure, stacking the cars on a modern freight train saves on fuel, crew, and thus the overall cost of transportation.... as they note in the article.
But I think, they do it because too many times on trains near the border, the "undocumented migrants" ran out of places to sit on the freight car roofs.....
Why Railroads Are Making Freight Trains Longer and Longer
** Let's see, $40 a head; forty to a car; 178 cars..... what do we stand to make today....Boss?!
Sure, stacking the cars on a modern freight train saves on fuel, crew, and thus the overall cost of transportation.... as they note in the article.
But I think, they do it because too many times on trains near the border, the "undocumented migrants" ran out of places to sit on the freight car roofs.....
Why Railroads Are Making Freight Trains Longer and Longer
** Let's see, $40 a head; forty to a car; 178 cars..... what do we stand to make today....Boss?!