Trains on tracks are safer than tons of giant trucks mixed into traffic and can deliver vastly larger quantities of produce, and shorter truck distances means more truck drivers can spend the nights with their families.
Climate fags crying about "coal pollution" can fuck off, we need more CO2 in the atmosphere for the plants thus more oxygen for us
The train industry aka Rockefeller and Carnegie did not think that the nascent trucking industry would pose a threat to the train industry. They used the trains to monopolize the distribution and control of products moved around the country. While trains can be a solution for crowded streets and increased fuel usage they also provide a more streamlined method of control of distribution of goods.