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美国铁路到2000年将在许多方面发生变化,结构上、技术上和运输政策上都会有新的面貌。结构上,一些大的铁路公司实行了合并,这种趋势将继续发展。情况越来越明朗,强者将是那些能对长途运输全过程实行完全控制的铁路。不只是铁路内部的合并,还会出现铁路公司和其它运输方式的合并。有铁路和水运公司的合并,更多的是铁路和卡车运输公司的合并。铁路将不再致力于与卡车运输的竞争,而是要求卡车运输对铁路运输作补充。这一新动
The U.S. railway will change in many ways by the year 2000 and will have a new look in terms of structure, technology and transport policy. Structurally, a number of major railway companies have merged and this trend will continue to develop. The situation is getting clearer, and the strong will be those railways that have full control over the entire process of long-distance transport. Not only the merger within the railroad, but also the merger of railroad companies and other forms of transport. The merger of rail and water transport companies, more of a merger of rail and trucking companies. Instead of focusing on competition with trucking, railways will demand that trucking be complementary to rail transport. This new move