He approached Union Pacific (nyse: UNP - news - people ) Railroad and CSX (nyse: CSX - news - people ) Transportation about dedicating a single train full of refrigerated cars that could travel from the West Coast to the East Coast without getting waylaid.
"This was not because of any lack of integrity of the bridge in southeast Missouri, but because of a train that derailed and had a bunch of rail cars slamming around, " he said.
One eastbound train derailed, coming to rest in the path of a westbound train that sideswiped it, damaging several cars and tearing up rails.
The train only has to stop to change crews and fuel up--there is no sitting around in railyards waiting for a right train, no jostling of the produce as cars are hitched and unhitched.
Beneath the boxy clothing of each lies a platform and power-train borrowed from one of Honda's more popular saloon cars.
The railroads were interested and would guarantee delivery in five days, provided a couple of things: That the train ran at least once a week, so the railroads could be sure that the cars and locomotives it dedicated to the service would be used regularly, and that Pollak deal with loading and unloading the delicate goods.
Some cars on the second train also derailed as a result of the collision.
The humble train is getting a boost from record oil prices, as companies switch out of planes and cars and into Europe's rail networks.
Next the tour heads to the neighbourhood of Caballito via the atmospheric A-line subway that still uses the original 1903 train and passenger cars.
The eastbound train, headed to New Haven from Grand Central Terminal, derailed at about 6:10 p.m. just east of the Fairfield Metro station, and hit a westbound train on the opposite track, Metro-North spokeswoman Marjorie Anders said, knocking several cars of that train off the rails.
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