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...
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A flatcar (US) (also flat car, or flatbed) is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies...
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train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from 1968 to 1976. Dubbed the "World's Fastest Freight Train," the all-TOFC (trailer-on-flatcar, or "piggyback")...
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the train itself, a factor that practices such as containerization, trailer-on-flatcar or rolling highway aim to minimize. Traditionally, large shippers...
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Rail transportation in the United States (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
regulation than other modes of transportation. With innovations such as trailer-on-flatcar and intermodal freight transport, railroad traffic increased. After...
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semi-trailers on railway flatcars or spine cars, an arrangement called "piggyback" or TOFC (trailer on flatcar) to distinguish it from container on flatcar...
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Tehachapi Loop (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
Tehachapi Loop is a 3,779-foot-long (0.72 mi; 1.15 km) spiral, or helix, on the Union Pacific Railroad Mojave Subdivision through Tehachapi Pass, of the...
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TTX Company (redirect from Trailer Train Company)
cars—supports shippers in several industries where flatcars, boxcars and gondolas are required. TTX was founded as TrailerTrain in 1955 by Norfolk & Western Railway...
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Piggyback (transportation) (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
method is the rail transport of semi-trailers, without road tractors, sometimes referred to as "trailer on flatcar (TOFC)". In the United States, TOFC...
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Autorack (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
highway trailers in trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC), or "piggyback" service were introduced, new automobiles began to be shipped by rail loaded on highway auto-carrier...
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