Rail and road units for trailer-on-flat-car service; 83-ft 3-in. skeleton type cars are each fitted with two turntables for carrying one 40-ft and one 36-ft aluminum trailer body; backbone of 60,000 lb car is two high tensile steel beams; trailers are loaded directly from road's highway wheel and axle assemblies. (See also Ry Age v 144 n 17 Apr 28 1958 p 18-9, 22)


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    Title :

    New York Central's flexi-van is here


    Additional title:

    Ry Locomotives Cars


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1958


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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