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East vs. west

BY LAWRENCE H KAUFMAN | Feb 16, 2009 12:00AM GMT

The Journal of Commerce Online - Commentary

Standard gauge for U.S. railroads is 4 feet, 8 inches, and all major carriers are standard gauge. The distance between the rails is about the only thing that's standard in the industry. Intermodal, for example, has become one of the railroads' largest businesses. But there is a fundamentally different approach to

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