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Only low value, commodity items are shipped via rail however.

• jessaustin 9y ago
  I live pretty close to some train tracks, so I observe trains on a regular basis. There are a fair number of coal cars, which I guess is a "low value commodity", but that portion is dwarfed by the overwhelming majority of rail cars that transport intermodal shipping containers. Is everything in a shipping container a low value commodity? Would it really be faster to transport containers by truck, so they would actually only travel 10 out of every 24 hours? You seem to really misunderstand freight shipping.
  • patrickg_zill 9y ago
    Intermodal = ultimately delivered by truck.
    • jessaustin 9y ago
      That is typically true but in no way supports your initial [incorrect] statement that only low-value commodities are shipped by train.