B A R R Y wrote in
:

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




Yeah, we did Ro Ro too. Saves a lot of handling. Trains are a very under
utilised resource. Looks like they're coming back a bit, though..


Bertie