Details of American Truck Body Co's "Pactainer" system; bricks are shipped from kiln to job site in new 3000 unit containers; truck picks up container units and places them on flat car modified to hold 10 containers with tiedowns; at destination process is reversed; entire operation is controlled by truck driver.


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    Title :

    New container unitizes brick shipments


    Additional title:

    Ry Age


    Published in:

    Railway Age ; 151 , n 18


    Publication date :

    1961


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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