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By ship is still by far the cheapest way of transporting cargo, and the proposed route would involve the shortest land distances. More importantly the Sierra M
by bobthepanda 3y ago
By ship is still by far the cheapest way of transporting cargo, and the proposed route would involve the shortest land distances.
More importantly the Sierra Madre ranges are large geographic barriers throughout most of Mexico but are relatively flat in the area of the Chivela pass, where this rail line is.
- jessriedel 3y agoMy comment was discussing using the rail for access to the US, not for getting from one ocean to another.
- bobthepanda 3y agoMost of the US lives on the East Coast so at some point those mountains have to be crossed. The elevation of the plateau in between the Sierra Madres is no joke; Mexico City is at 7349 ft elevation.