And yet they are now being driven once again not based on supply and demand...
Uh, the article I did read was credible. Additionally, there are people in the local area who are well aware of what is going on and agree that the current spike is baseless in fact.
"Trucking was cheaper,..." is key here. Long distance trucking is no longer cheaper and by quite a margin at that. That's what this is all about.
Except for the northeast corridor, US rail is in private hands. No subsidies and the main rail infrastructure is adequate.
Probably not but that's not the issue. Bulk long distance carriage is.
You'd be surprised how accommodating the railroads are. I spent an afternoon as a guest at a rail management center in Ft Worth. Just think NASA amplified several times.
That's my whole point.
JT