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CSX lists three clearance heights above top of rail for double stack service: [8] Doublestack 1 — 18 ft 2 in (5.54 m) [8] Doublestack 2 — 19 ft 2 in (5.84 m) [8] Doublestack 3 — 20 ft 2 in (6.15 m) [8] Doublestack 4 — 20 ft 3 in (6.17 m) [9] The last 2 clearances offer the most flexibility, allowing two high cube containers to be stacked.
high-cube 45-foot high-cube 48-foot high-cube 53-foot high-cube External dimensions Length 19 ft 10 + 1 ⁄ 2 in 6.058 m 40 ft 12.192 m 45 ft 13.716 m 48 ft 14.630 m 53 ft 16.154 m Width 8 ft 2.438 m 8 ft 6 in 2.591 m Height 8 ft 6 in 2.591 m 9 ft 6 in 2.896 m 9 ft 6 in 2.896 m Minimal interior dimensions Length 19 ft 3 in 5.867 m
Maximum dimensions 3.15 by 4.32 m (10 ft 4 in by 14 ft 2 in). ... High-capacity rail corridor standard for Øresund Bridge and ... (9 ft 6 in) high Hi-Cube shipping ...
A steel-bodied boxcar built by the American Car and Foundry Company in 1926 for the South Australian Railways A wooden-bodied Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway boxcar on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin A double-door boxcar passes through Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.
Each unit of a double-stack car contains a single well; they often are constructed with three to five cars connected by articulated connectors. The intermediate connectors are supported by the centerplate of single trucks, often a 125-short-ton (112-long-ton; 113 t)-capacity truck but sometimes a 150-short-ton (134-long-ton; 136 t)-capacity one.
As this is an approximate measure, the height of the box is not considered. For instance, the 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) high cube and the 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) half height 20 ft (6.10 m) containers are also called one TEU. 48' containers have been phased out over the last ten years [when?] in favor of 53' containers.
The contiguous rail network in North America has a minimum width of 3,250 mm (10 ft 8 in) and a minimum height of 4,620 millimetres (15 ft 2 in). The standard gauge rail network in Eastern Asia is built to a minimum width of 3,400 millimetres (11 ft 2 in), and the Chinese CRH2 as well as the Japanese 0 Series Shinkansen have a width of 3,380 ...
Specialized shipping containers include: high cube containers (providing an extra 1 ft (305 mm) in height to standard shipping containers), pallet wides, open tops, side loaders, double door or tunnel-tainers, and temperature controlled containers. Another specialized container, known as Transtainer, is a portable fuel and oil freight container.