I was always amused when I saw some brand new 737 fuselages outside of Frys Electronics in SEA a few years ago... they had to ride the rail before they graced the sky.

In Alaska we get the bulk of our goods by ship 3x a week and from there some is distributed by the Alaska Railroad to FAI... The AKRR also transports quite a bit of raw materials including coal and fuel. Most of ANC's Jet-A came from a refinery near FAI (and I think still does).