TAKING RISKS & DOING THE UNDOABLE : AFTER A HALF CENTURY, TTX ENJOYS A STRONG BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP WITH ITS OWNER-RAILROADS

This special supplement presents a fifty-year retrospective of TTX. Originating in 1955 as the Trailer Train Company, TTX was formed with three owners: Pennsylvania Railroad, Norfolk & Western, and Rail- Trailer Corporation. It had as its primary objective to standardize and foster the growth of piggybacking rail equipment. The article offers three separate sections: a historical timeline of key events, a look at the next generation of TTX rail car innovations, and a discussion of how TTX manages its diverse and active fleet of intermodal, autotrack/reload and general-use rail cars.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/4175009
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Special supplement; pp T1, T3-4, T8-9, T12-T16, T18
• Corporate Authors:

  Trade Press Publishing Corporation

  2100 West Florist Avenue
  Milwaukee, WI  United States  53209-
• Authors:
  • Derocher, R J
• Publication Date: 2005-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: 11 p.
• Serial:
  • Progressive Railroading
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Trade Press Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-0817
  • Serial URL: http://www.progressiverailroading.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Car ownership (Railroads); Car rentals (Railroads); Freight cars; History; Intermodal services; Piggyback transportation; Railroad cars; Trailer on flat car
• Identifier Terms: Trailer Train Company; Ttx Company
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Freight Transportation; History; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01001650
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 7 2005 12:00AM