Looking at the Amtrak Express service guide (1/13 edition), only some stations (mostly major cities) could handle heavy loads including pallets up to 500 lb (HEX or heavy express): BOS, PVD, NWK, PHL, BAL, WAS, RVR, RGH, CLB, JAX, ORL, TPA, ATL CLT, GRO, BHM, NOL, ALB, BUF, PGH, CHI, MKE, OMA, WIN, MSP, DEN, SEA, PDX, SPK, OKJ, LAX.
But there were some commercial shippers with open credit accounts regularly delivering heavy loads on trains up to recently. The limited service for HEX really only makes this useful between major cities. It might be more useful for smaller LD communities. When Greyhound discontinued service in Western Canada, some local businesses in smaller communities had issues, as
they relied on Greyhound's daily schedule for timely deliveries that
were unmatched by other carriers.
Backshophoss wrote: ↑Sun Aug 09, 2020 2:33 pm
Might be useful for bulk mailed adverts that are not time sensitive, A good chunk moves as Intermodal loads done by the postal contract Trucking Co's.
That's exactly what the MHCs carried in the 1990s: mostly carload bulk USPS (second and third class, such
as periodicals and commercial mailings). Also 12/13 carried first class/overnight mail between New York and
New England.
Since my friend continues to chain smoke nonstop, she is probably an Alco.