08-07-2014, 09:45 AM
The GERN Industries corporation has just announced the opening of a new facility in Tree Point, Wisconsin.
Rather than building a new warehouse, they took over existing facilities, saving them sufficient money to be at least 3% better off.
The facility will enable the company to distribute their products in the area by rail, rather than road, due to rising demand, and complaints from the local town council, due the traffic created by the trucks which increased such that is causes gridlock at busier times in the day. Immediately after the opening, the first box cars arrived, and caused an immediate reduction in road traffic of 3% in the first hour of the facility being opened, this could have been better had it not been for the press showing up, and the protest some local truckers staged.
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GERN warehouse by K2K Koos, on Flickr
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GERN warehouse by K2K Koos, on Flickr
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GERN warehouse by K2K Koos, on Flickr
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PS: More on GERN can be found here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://zealot.com/threads/gern-modellers.155126/">http://zealot.com/threads/gern-modellers.155126/</a><!-- m -->
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Rather than building a new warehouse, they took over existing facilities, saving them sufficient money to be at least 3% better off.
The facility will enable the company to distribute their products in the area by rail, rather than road, due to rising demand, and complaints from the local town council, due the traffic created by the trucks which increased such that is causes gridlock at busier times in the day. Immediately after the opening, the first box cars arrived, and caused an immediate reduction in road traffic of 3% in the first hour of the facility being opened, this could have been better had it not been for the press showing up, and the protest some local truckers staged.
GERN warehouse by K2K Koos, on FlickrGERN warehouse by K2K Koos, on FlickrGERN warehouse by K2K Koos, on FlickrKoos
PS: More on GERN can be found here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://zealot.com/threads/gern-modellers.155126/">http://zealot.com/threads/gern-modellers.155126/</a><!-- m -->
and here: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=294">viewtopic.php?f=24&t=294</a><!-- l -->
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