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A swap body, exchangeable container or interchangeable unit, [1] is one of the types of standard freight containers for road and rail transport.. Based on and very similar to the more widespread shipping containers (ISO containers), swap bodies normally have the same external dimensions for the bottom corner fittings as ISO shipping containers so that they can be placed on the same kinds of ...
Many tri-level autoracks built by Thrall exist today, identifiable by the blue Thrall rectangle logo present on either the extreme right or left end of the car side. Cast or forged parts, such as grab irons, trucks, axles, and wheels, were purchased from suppliers from the Chicago area. [citation needed]
Parlor car Florence was the 10th car in this order. Car #305 was rebuilt as parlor-buffet car #600, then coach #436 in 1929. [26] [27] [28] 309-310 were wood body 52 seat coaches built in 1907 by Hicks Locomotive & Car Works. Hicks was a small Chicago area builder; these were the only two interurban cars the company built.
Intermediate bulk containers (also known as IBC, IBC tote, or pallet tank) are industrial-grade containers engineered for the mass handling, transport, and storage of liquids, semi-solids, pastes, or granular solids. [1] There are several types of IBCs with the two main categories being flexible IBCs and rigid IBCs. [2]
The GMT T1XX is the assembly code for a vehicle platform architecture developed by General Motors for its line of full-size trucks and large SUVs that has been announced to start production in the fall of 2018 for the 2019 model year. [1] The "XX" is a placeholder for the last two digits of the specific assembly code for each model.
To avoid fines, bus operators from Texas are increasingly bypassing Chicago for the suburbs. Many municipalities are rushing to stop drop-offs. Residents in Chicago suburbs mobilize to aid dropped ...
Construction began in October 1991 [1] at the site previously occupied by the GM Truck and Bus manufacturing plant, with the CACH facility opening on March 31, 1995. [2] [3] The facility has an area of 48.9 acres (198,000 m 2), and has a perimeter of 3.1 miles (5.0 km). It employs over 9,000 people available to work one of the four shifts ...
Eastern end of US 20 concurrency; eastern end of IL 64 Truck concurency; I-294 exit 33: 13B: IL 64 west (North Avenue) Westbound exit and eastbound entrance only; trucks prohibited: DuPage–Cook county line: Elmhurst–Berkeley line: 14.76: 23.75: 14: St. Charles Road: Signed as exits 14A (west) and 14B (east); trucks prohibited on St. Charles ...