-
points to
secure loads.
Flatcars designed for
carrying machinery have
sliding chain ****emblies
recessed in the deck.
Flatcars are used for
loads that...
-
Trailer on
flatcar, also
known as TOFC or piggyback, is the
practice of
carrying semi-trailers on
railroad flatcars. TOFC
allows for
shippers to move truckloads...
-
coupled cars of one
gauge can be
carried on
continuous rails on a
train of
flatcars of
another gauge. This was achieved, as a
temporary expedient, by the Commonwealth...
-
system allowed trailers to be
pulled by
locomotives without the use of
flatcars,
instead attaching trailers directly to bogies. The
advantage of using...
- on
railway flatcars or
spine cars, an
arrangement called "piggyback" or TOFC (trailer on
flatcar) to
distinguish it from
container on
flatcar (COFC). Some...
- TTX's
railcar fleet consists of
flatcars, autoracks,
boxcars and gondolas. Half of the
fleet is
dedicated to
flatcars and
intermodal wells, with a quarter...
-
Fastest Freight Train," the all-TOFC (trailer-on-
flatcar, or "piggyback") and COFC (container-on-
flatcar)
train ran
about 2,200
miles (3,500 km) between...
- shifting,
damage to
equipment and cargo, and
overheating axles.
Originally flatcars ****ed with
cabins or
modified box cars, they
later became purpose-built...
-
Container flatcar Depressed-center
flatcar or
Wellcar or
Lowmac (UK): for high-clearance
loads (e.g.
transformers and boilers) Semi-trailer
flatcar Rolling...
- a
flatcars using chains and turnbuckles.
Other components included wheel chocks and
ramps for
loading and
unloading the
trailers from the
flatcars. By...
