Will shipping our product by rail be a more reliable mode than trucking in a time like this? (Tony Hatch)

20161212 Tonyhatch (Cropped)

My company is facing an unusual amount of supply chain disruption because of the sudden lack of demand for our product. Will shipping our product by rail be a more reliable mode than trucking in a time like this?

 

Well, in some cases yes, but mostly not (yet?) more reliable than trucking. They are working on it! The question: as the rails try to improve (PSR, PTC, IT), is/will it be reliable enough to take advantage of other rail benefits?