Railex vs Trucking
Railex
- 5 Day non-stop train schedule
- Reduced transit costs
- Free temperature controlled storage
- 24 hour security monitored facility
- Unmatched capacity
- Freight forward distribution
- Door to door capabilities
- $2 million cargo insurance
- Train stays intact so your product avoids shifting, bruising, temperature issues, and time delays
- Railroads are the most fuel efficient form of ground transportation
- A single Railex unit train takes 200 trucks off highways, alleviating traffic congestion
- Freight railroad efficiency has steadily improved, rising 74% since 1980
- The EPA estimates each Railex train reduces CO2 emissions by 85,000 metric tons each year
- 3x fewer emissions and 3x more fuel efficient on average
- Saves 5.2 million gallons of fuel per year, per train
- Freight railroads account for just 2% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
and mobile sources, and well under 1% of total greenhouse gas emissions from all sources
Trucking
- Trucking greatly contributes to traffic congestion
- Building more highways to accommodate congestion is incredibly expensive and time-consuming
- 2.3 billion gallons of fuel is wasted each year while sitting in traffic
- Every truck tire takes approximately 25 gallons of oil to produce
- All trucking accounts for 20.4% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from transportation and mobile
sources, and 5.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions from all sources
