This comment, together with its parent, is a nice example of a false-choice. They both are built upon an assumption that there is some sort of total ordering be

This comment, together with its parent, is a nice example of a false-choice. They both are built upon an assumption that there is some sort of total ordering between cargo transportation systems. Trains are better. No trucks are better. No trains are better. In reality trains and trucks are part of an incredibly complex cargo transportation system in which the most appropriate transportation mode is dependent on the nature of the cargo, the geography of the source and destination, the infrastructure available, the current price of fuel, weather conditions, capacity constraints and on and on and on. There is no total ordering of efficiency of transportation modes.