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A lot of those ton-miles are the trucks going 500 miles, 1,000 miles, 2,000 miles on the Interstate Highway system.
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And some of the ton-miles on truck are complementary … short hauling of the container to the origin railhead and from the destination railhead.
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The above argument about moving one container from a local origin to a local destination is perfectly correct … that is a big share of the 20% of ton-miles that do not go on the train in any event.
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When the Millenium Institute talks about taking 50% to 80% of truck traffic off the road, that is not trips … it is ton-miles.
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The average works out to be 435.88 ton-miles per gallon of fuel.
Can a freight train really move a ton of freight 436 miles on a gallon of fuel? « Isegoria 2008
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Since rail shipments of chlorine are typically transported longer distances, they comprise 95 percent of “ton-miles” transportation of chlorine.
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Using one EPA measurement, "ton-miles per gallon," or the miles per gallon multiplied by the weight of the car, 2007 vehicles are the most efficient on record.
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But today, the railroads are handling more gross ton-miles annually than they ever did before, and with about 125,000 to 135,000 people.
Rails On Track 2006
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The revenue per employee was 300,000 ton-miles in 1929.
Rails On Track 2006
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In 2000, it went to 8.7 million ton-miles per employee.
Rails On Track 2006
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