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Shift from road to rail

Martin Dixon

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Subtitle: Despite a severe contraction in intermodal volumes throughout 2009, North America's railroads have continued to invest in their network infrastructure in a bid to become more competitive with trucks. Martin Dixon reports on the implications of this strategy.

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Subtitle: Despite a severe contraction in intermodal volumes throughout 2009, North America's railroads have continued to invest in their network infrastructure in a bid to become more competitive with trucks. Martin Dixon reports on the implications of this strategy.

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Subtitle: Despite a severe contraction in intermodal volumes throughout 2009, North America's railroads have continued to invest in their network infrastructure in a bid to become more competitive with trucks. Martin Dixon reports on the implications of this strategy.

Key concepts: Subtitle, Truck, Business, Containerization, Rail network, Transport engineering, Finance, Industrial organization

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