3 ms·
To me this seems like a possible solution for the "last mile" of rail. My imported shipments from overseas end up getting delivered to a city that's 350 km awa
by bcrl 5y ago
To me this seems like a possible solution for the "last mile" of rail. My imported shipments from overseas end up getting delivered to a city that's 350 km away just because there are no large scale rail depots any closer. Sadly, this may be too late as most of the smaller rail lines nearby have been ripped out of the ground. The decimation of rail infrastructure compared to what existed 100 years ago has already happened, so they have quite an extreme uphill battle to gain any acceptance.
- davidbanham 5y agoBut then you need a transfer facility with this big gantry crane at the boundary of every “last mile” to get the container off the traditional train and onto the autonomous team.
- franciscop 5y agoA "big crane" is nothing compared to, as the article explains, 3 mile long trains. In fact it's also nothing compared to the space needed for normal temporary container storage.