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Rail snail mail?

American Shipper Magazine

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Postal Service could save switching mail from truck to intermodal rail. By Chris Dupin The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General’s Risk Analysis Research Center in a white paper released in July said “in the short term, shifting a portion of mail volume to intermodal rail could yield cost savings of about $100 million per year without changes to the Postal Service’s network.” The report further explained USPS could “save transportation co...

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