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Some environmental benefits of shipping by rail:
- One Railcar is equal to 4 truckloads of Freight.
- One Gallon of fuel will transport 1 ton of Freight 476 miles.
- Railroads consume a third less fuel than trucks per ton mile moved.
- Moving Freight by Rail instead of Trucks reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 75%.
- Railroads help reduce huge economic costs of Highway Congestion.
- According to the **U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System**, approximately **11%** of all traffic crash deaths in the U.S. are caused by semi trucks. In 2017, of those killed in a crash involving one passenger vehicle and one semi truck, **97%** of those killed were in the passenger vehicles¹.In addition, commercial truck accident statistics show that **97%** of all deaths in crashes involving one or more large trucks were from the passenger vehicle — car, van, or SUV².On an annual level, semi-trucks crash and injure or kill a person every **15 minutes** in the US. This results in about half a million accidents with approximately 5,000 casualties per year².Source: Conversation with Bing, 9/6/2023(1) How Many Accidents Are Caused by Semi Trucks? | Top Class Actions. https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/personal-injury/how-many-accidents-are-caused-by-semi-trucks/.(3) Large trucks – IIHS-HLDI. https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/large-trucks.(4) The Most Surprising Semi Truck Vs Car Accident Statistics in 2023. https://blog.gitnux.com/semi-truck-vs-car-accident-statistics/.(5) Semi-Truck Accidents vs. Car Accidents – Brooks Law Group. https://brookslawgroup.com/semi-truck-accidents-vs-car-accidents-the-differences/.
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Services
The Santa Maria Valley Railroad provides daily freight service to our customers along our 14 miles of well maintained mainline track. Potential customers can learn more about shipping by rail here.
Rail Access Properties
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