> In the real world containers are usually unloaded from ships
> and then trucked, sometimes several miles, to a rail yard - or trucked all
> the way if the destination is within a few hundred miles.
> Tom H
California is always a bit different, I guess. In Long Beach, the west coast's
largest port, the RR tracks are adjacent to the container ships and the trucks
are non-existent for the most part. Most of the cargo moves from the ships to
the RRs and via rail to points in the midwest and East. Much of it actually
moves all the way to the Atlantic Ocean and continues on its way to Europe. Of
course, local folks in Los Angeles and southern California receive their cargo
via truck. The Teamsters were not happy with this arrangement, but efficiency
trumped politics in this case.
Cheers....Ed L.
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