Originally posted by Dominic Mazoch:
I am surprised Wabash National did not come up with a container version. Railroad came up with bogie and frame,
trucker provided container. Any container could be used within the length of the frame.
This would open up RR to a larger section of the transportation network.
Sorry but they actually did:
But just like placing a container on a 50-60' flat car, it wasn't cost effective. Doublestack container cars were coming out at the same time and that was way more cost effective for shippers and railroads across the board.
Here are some of my models: