Hoodat wrote:
"They already have a deep water port at Ensenada. They lack a highway running from there to Mexicali and on to Yuma, AZ.
Lazaro Cárdenas and Manzanillo are also Pacific ports, but lie much further south."
None of this will work unless the port has good rail service as well.
A single "stack train" can haul 200, 250 or more containers.
That's with 2 guys (engineer and conductor) running it.
More fuel efficient, as well. Not talking environmental quality here (don't care), but rather "fuel costs".
Aside:
Only ran one stack train, from Pt. Jervis to Kearny NJ. Got an "approach" coming up to Ridgewood, put the air on, and... BAM! went into emergency. Must have been "a kicker" as the conductor walked back and didn't find anything. Made it the rest of the way ok...