Shipping Container Train Car

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Shipping container train car.

An abc car s gross rail load typically ranges between 359 000 429 000 lb. When shipping a vehicle by train you have the option of open transport and enclosed transport. With various intermodal container shapes and sizes to choose from including 20 40 45 48 and 53 foot trailers we ll find the best freight trains and options for you. Double stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers invented in the united states in 1984 it is now being used for nearly seventy percent of united states intermodal shipments.

We make rail shipping easy manageable and less expensive. Using double stack technology a freight train of a given length can carry roughly twice as many containers sharply reducing transport. Shipping a car by rail may be a bit cheaper per car because they require multiple cars to be shipped and the relative amount of fuel used by trains is much less per car. A well car also known as a double stack car or stack car also well wagon is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers shipping containers used in intermodal freight transport the well is a depressed section which sits close to the rails between the wheel trucks of the car allowing a container to be carried lower than on a traditional flatcar.

The cost can also be affected by the services you prefer.