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One other tidbit - it is much easier for a trucker to add capacity than it is a railroad. Let's say there grew up a need to move a great deal of freight between two points difficult to serve directly by rail - perhaps between Las Vegas NV and Spokane. It would cost BNSF or UP enormous amounts of money to create a rail line between these two points; but the Interstate highway system serves both of them. <br /> <br />One other area where a trucker is at an advantage - time freight. If I were a manufacturer that absolutely has to have a part in two days, I would not use rail, except perhaps on the transcon. Railroads can excel in carrying products where it doesn't really matter how long it takes to get from Point A to Point B, as long as it is delivered regularly, i.e. once a day. For example, a power plant doesn't care as much whether a unit train of coal takes 7 or 14 days in transit as long as it is there when it is needed. Try that with lettuce or oranges.
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