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To: Oakeshott

I doubt that this will happen. Too much time loading and unloading and the idea that they would load another ship immediately on the other side is not a real possibility.


20 posted on 02/14/2011 11:48:32 AM PST by texmexis best
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To: texmexis best
I doubt that this will happen. Too much time loading and unloading and the idea that they would load another ship immediately on the other side is not a real possibility.

That sounds like a matter of ship design..... It should be possible to create a design that minimizes the ship-to-train transition.

And the ships could be made much bigger, too, because they need not be designed to fit through the locks of the Panama Canal.

26 posted on 02/14/2011 12:02:00 PM PST by r9etb
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There will be surge areas ~ they are called marshalling yards ~ been in use since YEAR 0 in the railroad calendrics!


28 posted on 02/14/2011 12:04:19 PM PST by muawiyah
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