Reply to "Possible New Market for Rail Intermodal"

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juniata guy posted:
...it strikes me as millennial nonsense...
AMEN.

mlaughlinnyc posted:
Whoever wrote that obviously knows nothing about operating on a railroad in the real world....
Another AMEN.
The railroad industry simply cannot (or maybe will not?) operate with the level of precision and reliability demanded by this new service idea. Not even with PSR, which really stands for "Pretty Sad Railroading."

juniata guy posted:
...Amazon doesn’t have the first darn clue about true supply chain...Amazon...appears to have a delivery model that is the antithesis of efficiency...
And a third AMEN.
I ordered a $10 product from Amazon on a Saturday afternoon and the United States Postal Service delivered it to me the next day on Sunday. The USPS employee who delivered it was being paid overtime to work on a Sunday. There is NO WAY Amazon made any money on that product.
I like the fast deliveries, but this has got to be a massive loss leader for Amazon.

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