Trains Take Advantage of 'A Perfect Storm’

Once seen as an ‘elective option,’ intermodal is growing as trucking deals with its own problems.

December 10, 2018
Barry Hochfelder
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Not everyone is upset or suffering because of trucking’s driver shortage and capacity issues—for railroads, it’s an opportunity. 

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