You probably live near one of the few containerized ports.
I used to live out in the middle of nowhere, but 300 feet from the BNSF transcontinental line. It was all boxcars, flatcars, bulk-goods hoppers, and tank cars.
Oh yeah, and the occasional finished airplane minus the wings.
Boxcars are still alive and well, anywhere other than near containerized ocean ports.
Regarding the warehouse, yes, trucking has taken over a massive amount of what used to be rail traffic. No doubt.
You probably live near one of the few containerized ports.
Sorry, I missed your response. I live near the lane between Detroit and Montreal. In the middle there's a very large intermodel yard north of Toronto. So 90% of what I see behind a train is containers, automobiles, lumber, grain, and tankers. From reading up on it, box cars remain popular with moving paper products, which makes sense to me as you can load much more weight than on a truck and time in transit is less of a concern than with other more sensitive products, less dense products.
I used to live out in the middle of nowhere, but 300 feet from the BNSF transcontinental line. It was all boxcars, flatcars, bulk-goods hoppers, and tank cars.
Oh yeah, and the occasional finished airplane minus the wings.
Boxcars are still alive and well, anywhere other than near containerized ocean ports.
Regarding the warehouse, yes, trucking has taken over a massive amount of what used to be rail traffic. No doubt.