If freight trains stop rolling, the result could be chaos for business, shortages for consumers, and fresh momentum for rising prices.
Tag: Trucks and Trucking
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Tomatoes Spill Onto Interstate, Causing Crashes, Quips and Confusion
A crash involving a big-rig truck caused 150,000 tomatoes to scatter across Interstate 80 in Vacaville, Calif. Passing vehicles ground them into a slippery red pulp.
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The Day Rosa Santana Got Her Big Break
The entrepreneur, originally from Mexico, owns a company that assembles truck beds for Toyota in San Antonio.
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UPS Drivers Say ‘Brutal’ Heat Is Endangering Their Lives
As summers have grown hotter, high temperatures inside trucks without air conditioning have also sickened postal carriers and others who deliver America’s packages. A few have died.