COMING REVOLUTION IN AUTOMOBILE TRANSPORT

Out of sight, out of mind-of vandals, that is. This seems to be the way that the railroads' transportation of new automobiles is going. More and more the movement of new vehicles is harking back to those big totally enclosed automobile transporters that Canadian National introduced in the late 1950s. General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and American Motors are all now looking at (and working with railroads to develop) totally enclosed rail cars.

• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8
• Serial:
  • Railway Locomotives and Cars
  • Volume: 147
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile parts industry; Automobile rack cars; Freight cars; Loss and damage; Vandalism
• Old TRIS Terms: Lading protection; Stac-pacs
• Subject Areas: Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00046993
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1974 12:00AM