$900 MILLION FOR ENCLOSED AND SHIELDED AUTO RACK CARS

An expenditure of $900 million for 14,000 new multilevel cars for new automobile transport and for 8,000 conversions of existing open cars is expected by 1983. The main reason for this new family of auto transporters is the damage done to unenclosed automobiles and the loss of equipment from them caused by vandalism and pilferage. Railroads are moving aggressively to retain and expand their share of the auto hauling business which has expanded from 10 percent of all production in 1960 to 53.6 percent in 1975.

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  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  508 Birch Street
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1976-10-25

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 40-42
• Serial:
  • Railway Age
  • Volume: 177
  • Issue Number: 20
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-8826
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwayage.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobile parts industry; Automobile rack cars; Freight cars; Freight claims; Loss and damage; Marketing; Theft; Vandalism; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Freight car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00144079
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 1 1977 12:00AM