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Volume 1, Issue 2
1 February 1971
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International Journal of Physical Distribution
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Review Article| February 01 1971

The unit train and its application to Logistics problems in North America

JOHN H. MARINO
JOHN H. MARINO
Associate, A. T. Kearney & Company, Inc., Management Consultants, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1747-3691
Print ISSN: 0020-7527
© MCB UP Limited
1971
International Journal of Physical Distribution (1971) 1 (2): 65–71.
https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038825

Possibilities for significant reductions in line‐haul rates and improved service are occuring through the development of the unit train principle. In this article the author describes the North American experience with unit trains.

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