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[–] deceiver 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

for freight, not passenger rail, which is what high-speed rail is primarily designed for

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But dood. Put a USPS fishbowl-connected car on the end with a sorter working inside and prepping for each stop, and watch FedEx sweat.

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

Why sort in the train when you can sort ahead of time and maximize storage space? The ZIP code system allows for a national radix sort.