Relative advantages and disadvantages of motor truck and railroad fields for freight transportation are discussed; statistics quoted; truck rates per ton-mile cannot be tapered with distance in same degree as can railroad rates; bulk of freight traffic in United States is in mass movements over long distances, and in that field railroad is economically supreme. From report of Commission on Commerce and Marine, of Am. Bankers Assn.


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    Title :

    Motor-truck and railroad fields


    Additional title:

    Soc. Automotive Engrs. -- Jl



    Publication date :

    1928


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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