HIGH SPEED LOADING OF PALLETISED TRAFFIC

New thinking in distribution and marketing can reduce handlings and offer fresh opportunities for rail transport. The company-train concept can be extended to palletised and containerised traffic. The author points out that this traffic lends itself to a high degree of mechanisation, resulting in predictable, quick turnaround, and often economy in space and building cost. Moreover some surprising traffics can be unitised. Finally, he suggests that competition in distribution is an extravagance. Might co-operation lead to automation?

• Corporate Authors:

  International Railway Congress Association

  17-21 rue de Louvrain
  1000 Brussels,   Belgium 
• Authors:
  • Cosgrove, J T
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 91-96
• Serial:
  • RAIL INTERNATIONAL
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Containerization; Freight traffic; Loading and unloading; Pallets; Physical distribution; Unit trains; Warehouses
• Old TRIS Terms: Loading processes; Merchandise traffic
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157231
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Rail International
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 4 1977 12:00AM