Total North American carload and intermodal traffic rose 2.3% through the first 51 weeks of 2024 compared with the same period last year, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Dec. 27.
Railroads were, however ... and in this sad position the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN and New York city propose to abandon the canal altogether. Better counsels prevailed, and the boot is being rapidly ...
MESSRS. EDITORS—In No. 32 of the present volume of the SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, you say in your article entitled "Canals and Railroads," that "the wisest policy to pursue, apparently, is to utilize ...