Author points out increasing transportation of lcl traffic by highway vehicles and decline of this traffic on railroads; disadvantages to both truckers and railroads of long haul highway movements; advantages of coordinating two types of equipment; using highway trailers to perform terminal services, transporting them on railroad flat cars from city is most effective method.
Railroads and highway trailers -- Economic aspects of rail-trailer movement
Am Soc Mech Engrs -- Paper
American Society of Mechanical Engineers -- Meeting A-151 ; 1951
1951
11 pages
Conference paper
English
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