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 Non Fiction Sailing books - tyrednemotional
>> But for reasons of economy and or availability the rail bit gradually got left out.
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...in the UK, with limited mileage of shipments, possibly; in the rest of the world where much longer rail journeys are possible rail still take quite a bit of the "long legs".

Effectively you need a long rail portion to offset the cost of further transhipment (though Government policies across the world are still targeted on increasing rail vs road for containers).
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