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“Trains should haul, trucks should deliver.”

So basically you want to triple the rail hubs now in operation?
Talk to the people who live near those rail hubs before you wish.
They hate the increased truck traffic, bobtails waiting for the RR to FINALLY get the trailer to the hub, every trucking company needing a nearby storage yard and so forth and so on.

And when gas taxes go up because truck taxes by mile have been reduced, along with the price of everything hauled by train, you can thank the railroads because they WILL be subsidised by your tax dollars.

Its much more complicated than you think.
If rail was the most effective method of transporting goods trucks would never have gotten a foothold.

I work for an industry that relies on railroads from ports to midwestern cities as well as long-haul trucks for both container and LTL, so am familiar with the logistics of same. Unless the stats have changed drastically in the last ten years, cost-effectiveness for bulk commodities and containerized cargo in CONUS remains: barge > rail > truck. All three get subsidized through taxpayer $$$, and all three pay taxes on every gallon of diesel fuel. Per ton/mile, efficiency will dictate who pays more fuel tax.

Is it complicated? Hell yes! Toss air freight into the mix and it gets even worse.