On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:15:01 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
wrote:

My family were freight consolidators for many years. We did freight and
trucks. No way would we run a truck more than a couple of hundred miles.

Which is why UPS and most other shippers put trucks and containers on
trains.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport