That is because trucks and trains fight for freight deliveries to other points.
Max Moorhouse, merchant and first person to commission air freight delivery of goods (November 7, 1910)
Proven 5 pm to 8 am overnight guaranteed freight delivery was something that the steam roads could not equal.
Service was discontinued in 1953 but the tracks continued to be used sporadically for diesel-powered freight deliveries to warehouses along the route until about 1989.
Most freight deliveries within the United States continued on schedule.
There were several disputes over various matters including the lease of the wharf, cost of fares and freight delivery.
Truck fuel consumption would be reduced if smaller trucks yielded to fewer big ones; the big trucks also add flexibility in freight delivery.
After passenger service ceased, the line was used for light freight delivery only.
Hundreds of freight deliveries have been suspended due to the strike.
He would write fiction and read in the idle time between freight deliveries.