WOULD YOU BELIEVE LTL?

Most railways abandoned LTL (Less than Truckload) shipments twenty-five years ago as hopelessly unprofitable. However, Western Pacific Railroad has successfully begun a LTL service between Oakland and Salt Lake City (925 miles). The railroad was burdened with a westbound trailer traffic that was one-third larger than the eastbound traffic. The LTL service was begun in an attempt to offset this inequality.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • FORD, N
• Publication Date: 1974-6

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 54-55
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: K-III Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Less than truckload traffic
• Old TRIS Terms: Western pacific railroad
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057486
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 11 1974 12:00AM