Does any one know the exact reason why rails haven't displaced OTR shipping 😁😁😁 😁

652386

{"text":"Passing by a rail station I saw box car after box car of intermodal containers, so I'm curious is the reason speed, price, both? \n\nI'm talking about completely displacing OTR shipping, or is the current situation of rail and truck OTR in market share balance.\n\nI'm getting in on OTR so I would really like to know, I know there will always be intermodal local need for trucking.","videos":"[]","link":"{}","pics":"[]","canComment":true}

614347

{"replyTo":"","text":"A train can’t back up to a dock ! Neither can u ","replyToPid":0}

290064

{"replyTo":"","text":"Rail is limited and can’t get everywhere. It’s also very slow to get from point A to point B compared to trucks.","replyToPid":0}

631628

{"replyTo":"","text":"a lot of those intermodal boxes are international ocean freight, OTR drivers haul intrastate traffic within a country, or, said ocean freight between major ports and urban hubs.","replyToPid":0}

652573

{"replyTo":"","text":"Rail is slow, get on the rail forums you’ll see how the oil trains are blocking out freight. Most places only have 1 track for both directions and oil pays a premium to ship so they get first dibs on track use. ","replyToPid":0}

630524

{"replyTo":"","text":"trains are unpredictable,  i have a customer i move some stuff for a few times a month because the train doesn't show up on time and they need to get product to their customer","replyToPid":0}