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Trains are great but they don't typically run to your local warehouse...
They used to.
Because the warehouse was built on the tracks. Alas that infrastructure tie-in has mostly gone away, new facilities are built with proximity to cheap labor, land, and easy to consume + pollute natural resources.
They have, and they could again
Canals can be useful for this as well, Lowell MA used to have a huge industry all on waterfronts