3/6/2006: Graphic of freight in and out of California - Page 2

CharlieG · 03-07-2006, 07:49 AM

How about NY State

Or JUST New York City

xoxoxoBruce · 03-07-2006, 05:52 PM

I wonder what all these maps would look like if you subtracted all the walmart crap?

capnhowdy · 03-07-2006, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I wonder what all these maps would look like if you subtracted all the walmart crap?

It would prolly go from shipping veins to capillaries.

BrianR · 03-07-2006, 10:13 PM

Looks familiar to me. I've hit most of those routes at one time or another already!

tw · 03-08-2006, 12:06 AM

I was rather surprised how little is still shipped in containers by rail. I was also surprised how much freight that arrives in the NE by ship ends up on the Gulf Coast by truck.

tw · 03-09-2006, 02:15 AM

In social studies, we were taught that the St Lawrence Seaway provided mid-west ports with access to the internation commerce. However the figure confirms what I have heard so often elsewhere. The St Lawrence Seaway was constructed too small to be sufficiently competitive:

milkfish · 03-10-2006, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Here's the Florida map:

That picture looks like something that should be sitting on the desk of a urologist working for Pfizer. (Though I guess the flow is the wrong way around.)

xoxoxoBruce · 03-10-2006, 06:48 PM

The flow is going the right way, it's the state that's limp.

busterb · 03-10-2006, 07:04 PM

Years ago, when they used ice pack chickens, Hwy 80 was wet all time from the water drippin off chicken trucks from MS. headed to CA. Then they went to co2 pack. BrianR. Have you been around long enought to remember blowing ice on load and cranking the put-put? BTW they don't pay freight on ice.

pdaoust · 03-12-2006, 07:03 PM

The first thing I thought of when I saw the map was, "oh my gosh, the red Martian scourge is real. Good thing it hasn't spread up here to Canada."

03-07-2006, 05:52 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I wonder what all these maps would look like if you subtracted all the walmart crap? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-07-2006, 10:13 PM	#19
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Looks familiar to me. I've hit most of those routes at one time or another already! __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

03-09-2006, 02:15 AM	#21
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	In social studies, we were taught that the St Lawrence Seaway provided mid-west ports with access to the internation commerce. However the figure confirms what I have heard so often elsewhere. The St Lawrence Seaway was constructed too small to be sufficiently competitive: Attached Images

03-10-2006, 06:48 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The flow is going the right way, it's the state that's limp. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-10-2006, 07:04 PM	#24
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Years ago, when they used ice pack chickens, Hwy 80 was wet all time from the water drippin off chicken trucks from MS. headed to CA. Then they went to co2 pack. BrianR. Have you been around long enought to remember blowing ice on load and cranking the put-put? BTW they don't pay freight on ice. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

03-07-2006, 07:49 AM	#16
CharlieG Hoodoo Guru Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 301	How about NY State Or JUST New York City

03-08-2006, 12:06 AM	#20
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	I was rather surprised how little is still shipped in containers by rail. I was also surprised how much freight that arrives in the NE by ship ends up on the Gulf Coast by truck.

03-12-2006, 07:03 PM	#25
pdaoust Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22	The first thing I thought of when I saw the map was, "oh my gosh, the red Martian scourge is real. Good thing it hasn't spread up here to Canada."

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