Container Car Service: Co-ordination of Rail and Truck Facilities Provides a New Method of Handling Less-than-carload Freight Shipments |
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angles ATTRACTIVE FEATURES Baltimore box car Buffalo and Cleveland CALIFORNIA LIBRARY car body car floor center of gravity centrifugal force CO-ORDINATION OF RAIL consignee consignor container car service container is loaded CONTAINER ON CONTAINER Containers mounted crane cubic capacity curve door eight and one-half especially equipped feet flat cars force acting force necessary form of service FREIGHT CAR guide blocks handled hasp impact INBOARD ANTI-FRICTION BEARINGS large safes less than one-half LESS-THAN-CARLOAD FREIGHT load capacity loaded container locking device LOCKING SYSTEMS LOCOMOTIVE TENDER miles an hour motor truck necessary to overturn one-half inches operation originating store-door overturn the container Pennsylvania Railroad permitting Philadelphia Pittsburgh point of origin pounds PR.R pressed steel retaining and guide roof safes and vaults service conditions shipments shipper South Kearney special equipment stability station store-door to destination tainer terminal zones truck and trailer truck the containers TRUCKING SERVICE Universal Carloading University of California weather-stripping weight