On Dec 21, 10:36*pm, Tim Streater wrote:
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*charles wrote:
In article , Tim
Streater wrote:
In article , "Doctor Drivel"
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"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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snip drivel

but there's a *reason* that Tesco et al use 44 tonners to resupply
their stores

Because their stores do have rail lines to them.

I'll assume you mean *don't*.

Yes, and in fact most places don't have rail lines to them. So if you
ship stuff by rail that means two changes instead of none.

The idea of shipping containers is that they can be transshipped between
road and rail (& sea) without unloading.

Gosh you mean we ship stuff around in containers, even by rail? [1] I
though the luddite unions so beloved of the likes of drivel saw such
ideas off in the 70s.


You can go to Australia by train/ferry. It takes 21days if you don't
miss any connections.