... the lighter freight that can use ordinary HSR locomotives are a more appealing if they can be shipped out of the warehouse in sealed containers, like the standardized containers used for distinct models of aircraft for air freight, except that with HSFR there is an opportunity to develop it in a way that can smoothly and efficiently flow from standard inter-modal shipping containers to HSFR and back, to allow dependence on trucks to be minimize and even, in some cases with the right technology, eliminated altogether.

For example, Aerobus has a container by container freight transport option:

• Aerobus Cargo (RealPlayer Video).

I've been accused of being a Marxist, yet while Harpo's my favourite, it's Groucho I'm always quoting. Odd, that.