Intemodal Equipment Photos
MARCH 14, 2013
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting Photo Contribution Recognition
Norm Carlson Carlson Consulting International LLC Chairman Sandhouse Gang Committee Northwestern University
Jim Panza Retired TTX Equipment/Mechanical Dept.
Bob Yates Retired VP Marketing Greenbrier Industries
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting 1890 LIRR Wagons on Flatcars to Gotham City
Device to move containers to railcars. Think they had chassis Issues in those days?
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting In 1936 the Chicago Great Western started use of Piggyback using standard highwy trailers.
RSE Consulting Minneapolis Circus Ramp
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting CNS&M Flatcar Used In Early TOFC Loading
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting CNS&M Early Circus Ramp
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting Early CNS&M TOFC Note the Tie Down
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting Early TOFC No Stanchion
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting We Needed a Pool of Flatcars
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting First Trailer Train Cars 75 ft.
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting Before Hitch Stanchions
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting Early Design Of Stanchion With Chain Tie Downs
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting First Effective Hitch Stanchion
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting First TTX 75 ft. Flatcars With ACF Hitches
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting Early 50 ft. TTX Flatcar To Handle 40 ft. Trailers
Ron Sucik RSE Consulting 85 ft. Flatcars to carry Two 40 ft. Trailers Intermodal Innovation
Allowed for wheel to wheel delivery at destination
Offered expedited service – TOFC had priority 85 ft. CTTX Designed To Also Carry Containers 89 ft. Flatcar Becomes The Standard Length wo 45 ft. Trailers on 89 ft. Flatcar When One Hitch Reversed AS OTR Trailers Increased In Length djustments For Loading Had To Occur Don’t Forget The 28 ft. Pups And What About 57 ft. Trailers What About 57 ft. Trailers 89 ft. Intermodal Flat Easily Converts to Autorack Service Skeletonized Articulated Single Platform Flatcars TTAX 53 ft. Articulated Flat Handles Trailers or Containers Up to 53 ft. But What Do We Do With All These Containers Ron Sucik And They Just Kept Coming Intermodal Efficiency Steamship Line ISO Containers
Ron Sucik
rovided more efficiency than TOFC xpedited vessel to train hand off Was improvement over, TOFC and other modes reated challenges for Domestic Intermodal Intermodal Sophistication Bulkhead Well Car No Need For IBC’s Flippers On Later Bulkheads Allowed Longer Container To Be Loaded In Upper Position Putting Slack Action Into Perspective The First Double Stack Lane ft. Wellcars Without Bulkheads Could andle Containers Longer Than 40 ft. In Upper Possition Didn’t Take Long For The Other Steamship Companies To Request Double Stack Service Expanding The Doublestack Service Let’s Not Forget Canada and Mexico teamship 45 ft. ISO Containers nd Domestic 48 ft. Containers Required Longer Well Cars RR’s Chasing OTR Traffic Required 48 ft. Domestic Containers llas Expo TTX/RR Meeting Arrived At Configuration of 53 ft. Well
46 ome Well Cars Were Designed With A Hitch On One End So RonTrailers Sucik Could Be Loaded Four BNAU 28 ft. Domestic Containers in 56 ft. Well Car UPS Tried But Was Never Enamored With COFC Then Thank You For Your Time
Ron Sucik
RSE Consulting