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A comment on California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain inefficiencies. Parent comment

Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by xyzzyz on Friday November 26, 2021 @09:52PM (#29356851)
In US, passenger rail is subsidized, but freight rail is not. Freight rail in the US is a healthy industry, with steady revenues and profits.
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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by TylerE on Friday November 26, 2021 @10:39PM (#29357153)
The original construction of the rail lines in the 19th century was heavily subsidized (free land, etc).
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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by bobthepanda on Saturday November 27, 2021 @12:23AM (#29357704)
But ongoing maintenance is not, and the same does not hold for highway maintenance.

In fact, railroads pay property taxes in some states, so they actually bear even more cost than competing modes of transportation.

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Re:California port truckers ‘drowning’ in supply chain ineff... by WalterBright on Saturday November 27, 2021 @04:03AM (#29358762)
The rail lines were obliged to in return carry the mail for free. That turned out to be a darned good deal for the government.
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