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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 1, Issue 4 (August 24, 1926)

Railroads Shun Trucking

Railroads Shun Trucking

The New York “Times” states that several railroads in Nebraska have refused to experiment with trucks as feeders to their main lines or as a means of meeting the competition of motor transportation companies taking a greater part of less-than-carload freight. One reason they give is that in many cases it would mean a duplication of facilities and would result in the carriers competing with themselves. Another reason is that though trucks are now operated without regard to hours and without any license or payment for use of state-provided highways, railroad operation would be the signal for restrictive regulation, highway license tax, and the organisation of employees, who would demand an eight-hour day and penalty for overtime and an increase in wages. “We are not worrying,” said an official of the Burlington recently, “but are trying to adjust an old machine to new ways. We are closing stations where the agents have little to do since small shipments are no longer handled, and operating branch line territory under a zoning arrangement, with long mileage under a central agent, who handles business over long distance telephones.”