INTERMODALISM TOPS $1-BILLION

As railroad intermodal revenues top $1 billion annually, the opportunity for solid trains of containers and trailers is opening new approaches to loading, handling and unloading. The new linehaul concepts are striving for faster train makeup, lower tare, lower center of gravity and lower air resistance. The innovations being studied are summarized.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Murphy-Richter Publishing Company

  20 North Wacker Driver
  Chicago, IL  United States  60606
• Publication Date: 1978-3

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Container on flat car; History; Intermodal services; Piggyback transportation; Trailer on flat car; Vehicle design
• Old TRIS Terms: Car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Freight Transportation; History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00173372
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Progressive Railroading
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 26 1978 12:00AM