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Shippers take to the courts to accuse US railroads of price-fixing

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A decade long reversal in the fortunes of the US intermodal industry is leading shippers and rail carriers into the highest courts in the US to do battle over antitrust allegations.

A group of shippers has recently won the latest round in their fight with America’s ...

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  • Robert Pines

    August 01, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    Pretty simple case really —Take the railroads financials that show how much was spent for fuel for a year —Find the avg. per gallon for that year —Find how many train miles the trains went — comes out to like 6 miles per gallon—extra $10 per mile.
    But the railroad charged a 50% per car load fuel additive. Put these railroad thieves in a crow bar motel with a calculator.

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