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How did the goods get from all the different customers to any of the the stations in question ?.IE rail transport usually involved a road leg in any freight journey either by truck or horse before that other than in the rare case of customers having a dedicated rail terminal on their premises.Morning CF,
In Southampton British rail had there own vehicles to pick up and deliver to customers.
They had quite a few Scarobs with auto couplings. But to be fare a good horse would be a little quicker in some places they delivered to. Harvey
Obviously, goods had to be taken to and from stations and goods yards by road, which is why the railway companies all had sizeable “road motor” fleets of their own. Ironically, the L.M.S. Railway had the world’s biggest road transport fleet in the 1930’s.