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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
Yes, but it will be railroad people who are at work and not UPS people.
That does surprise me, though, because rail is a pretty slow means of transportation. But all of the major carriers--UPS, FedEx, et al.--have freight divisions and delivery speed with freight companies (trucking companies are one of the major carriers of freight, too, and you probably know how long something shipped by truck takes sometimes is not much of a concern).
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I am not a trucking expert, nor have I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express™. But I may once have read an article or news story that said shipping companies were finding it less expensive to ship the trailer via railway long-distance, then let a short-haul trucker take it from the train depot to the end destination.
For some reason, I'm thinking it was an article on ways the railroad companies were trying to stay relevant.
In my last apartment, I crossed a busy train crossing to-and-from my way to work. I can't tell you how many times I sat there watching trains full of car-after-car of trailers, in 2 across and 2 down (a total of 4 - or maybe also two deep, so 8) on a flat railway car.
(I don't miss the 5-7 minutes I'd lose on the days I'd get caught my a train, then just when it was done, another one came by in the other direction - it was a two track crossing).