Freight Solutions

Freight Solutions Provide Safe Transport of Containers By Rail

Freight Solutions

Shipping containers in “well cars” allows the stacking arrangement, since the newer cars are specially built as an articulated unit and can hold more containers.  Semi-trailers may also be transported on railway flatcars or spine cars in “piggyback” fashion.  These flatcars are designed with collapsible  trailer hitches so they can be used for trailer or container service.

 In Europe, stricter railway height restrictions (smaller loading gauge and structure gauge) and overhead electrification prevent containers from being stacked two high, and containers are hauled one high either on standard flatcars or other railroad cars. Taller containers are often carried in well cars (not stacked) on older European railway routes where the loading gauge (especially with the reduced gauge for UK lines) is particularly small.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermodal_freight_transport