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In 2002, SafeRack was founded. In November 2011, Plant Engineering awarded SafeRack's ErectaStep platform and stair system Product of the Year Finalist in the Safety Category. [3] In May 2014, Jeff Reichert was appointed the president of SafeRack. [4] In December 2015, SafeRack announced a $20 million expansion of its manufacturing facility. [5]
An axlebox, also known as a journal box in North America, is the mechanical subassembly on each end of the axles under a railway wagon, coach or locomotive; it contains bearings and thus transfers the wagon, coach or locomotive weight to the wheels and rails; the bearing design is typically oil-bathed plain bearings on older rolling stock, or roller bearings on newer rolling stock.
Auto-rack train car carries automobiles Autorack terminal in New Richmond, Wisconsin [1] A modern German autorack similar to the original design with a full load of automobiles. An autorack, also known as an auto carrier (also car transporter outside the US), is a specialized piece of railroad rolling stock used to transport automobiles and ...
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.
TTX Company (formerly TrailerTrain) is a provider of railcars and related freight car management services to the North American rail industry.TTX's pool of railcars—over 168,000 cars and intermodal well cars—supports shippers in several industries where flatcars, boxcars and gondolas are required.
Both may have been supported with side rail transfer equipment (SRTE) for loading and unloading railway wagons. The DROP system was designed to meet the very high intensity battles in Central Europe in the last decade of the Cold War. However, it entered service after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, but nevertheless proved a versatile vehicle ...
In February 1964, the first of 120 double deck trailers was delivered by Tulloch Limited to the New South Wales Government Railways.These were purchased to replace wooden carriage stock from Sydney's suburban fleet.
The AAR selected four systems for extensive field tests. General Electric developed an RFID system, ABEX a microwave system, Wabco a black and white barcode system, and General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) a color barcode system called KarTrak. The RFID system used a tag mounted under the rail car and an interrogator installed between the rails.