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Freight cars
…cars in certain uses, notably intermodal transport. In this system a car comprises several frames or bodies (usually not more than five), which, where they adjoin, are permanently coupled and mounted on a single truck.
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…cars in certain uses, notably intermodal transport. In this system a car comprises several frames or bodies (usually not more than five), which, where they adjoin, are permanently coupled and mounted on a single truck.
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Intermodal freight vehicles and systems
An important competitive development has been the perfection of intermodal freight transport systems, in which highway truck trailers or marine shipping containers are set on railroad flatcars. In North America and Europe they have been the outstanding growth area of…
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An important competitive development has been the perfection of intermodal freight transport systems, in which highway truck trailers or marine shipping containers are set on railroad flatcars. In North America and Europe they have been the outstanding growth area of…
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Passenger intermodals
To save motorists the negotiation of mountain passes, especially in winter, two Swiss railroads shuttle drive-on, drive-off trains for automobiles between terminals at the extremities of their transalpine tunnels. This practice has been elaborated for Channel Tunnel rail transport of private automobiles, buses, and…
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To save motorists the negotiation of mountain passes, especially in winter, two Swiss railroads shuttle drive-on, drive-off trains for automobiles between terminals at the extremities of their transalpine tunnels. This practice has been elaborated for Channel Tunnel rail transport of private automobiles, buses, and…
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