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Originally Posted by speednjay
freight needs to go on trains. There’s no economic reason for a single semi to pull a trailer any farther than 100 miles. A single train can pull 1000 semi trailers day/night.. rain/bad weather without causing a headache for anyone.
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Well, yes, sure. It all sounds very attractive on paper. The difficult part is shuttling the stuff all around, getting access to the trailer that you want, when you want it. Merchants will tell you that the time losses cost them big time. And if it’s perishable food items, it could really cost.