I hope I live to see the day that the rail lines are once again seen and utilized as the resource they are. All one has to do to see their sad state is to travel on them for a few weeks.

I think that if 'containers' were loaded onto flatbed rail cars to be offloaded close to their destination, not only would our highways be less congested and safer and more pleasant to drive but truckers themselves wouldn't have to criss cross the continent with all the attendant hazards. I have two nephews who own their own rigs- both "boys" have gone through three marriages apiece.

Not only could containers be shipped by train, so could cars. Say a family is on holiday- they could load their car and spend the time in the user-friendly travel of trains.