Rail, The Other White Meat by GEORGE MUHA on JANUARY 17, 2012

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A great alternative to consider when trying to reduce overall transportation costs is rail. A rail provider can come to your facility and pick up your load just like a truckload carrier. The difference is for the line haul portion of trip, your shipment is moving via rail road.
Rail, like pork, is a healthy and cheaper alternative to over-the-road truckload service.

The down side of using rail is that the transit times are slower than normal over-the-road service; sometimes even doubling the time. However, for stock transfers or inventory replenishment fast delivery is not always required so rail offers a great lesser cost option.

So when evaluating your transportation network, consider the other white meat – rail.