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Title: NS Lead Sled carrying an Evergreen 40' international container on a Chassis
Date: 1984, 1984
Description: A boxcar converted to Intermodal Service known as "lead sleds" due to their heavy tare weight. NS car carrying an Evergreen 40' international container on a chassis. Before stacks American Honda would require its parts containers going to inland assembly plants move on chassis for better ride quality.

Title: Converted Boxcar "Lead Sled" NS Container on Belly
Date: 1984, 1984
Description: A boxcar converted to Intermodal Service know as "lead sleds" due to their heavy tare weight. NS car carrying a container on its belly. Some railroads converted boxcars in times of severe car shortages must to the chagrin of other railroads that understood the economics.

Title: SOO 89' Conventional Intermodal Flatcar with one 20' and one 40' Container on Bellies
Description: SOO Line conventional 89' intermodal flatcar carrying one NOL, Neptune Orient Line, 20' international container and one 40' TransAmerica international container on their bellies. SOO Line is owned by CPKC now. NOL in 1984 was a small Singapore ocean carrier that bought APL, American President Lines.

Title: TTWX with international containers on bellies. 2 APL 20' and one 40’ Mason
Date: 1984, 1984
Description: TTWX 89'4" intermodal flatcar with two 20' APL containers on bellies and one 40' Matson container on belly.

Title: SPRR Twin 45' Intermodal Flatcar with SPRR Golden Pig 45' Trailers
Date: 1983, 1983
Description: SPRR 45' Golden Pig Trailers on SPRR Twin 45' Intermodal Flatcar

Title: Ocean Carriers
Date: 2024, 2024
Description: Ocean carriers involved with double stack container cars and train service. Sea-Land using SPRR double stack container cars and SPRR service in 1981. Then Sea-Land's own Twin Stack double stack container cars and train service from Tacoma to Chicago and Little Ferry began in 1985. APL test train using SPRR double stack container cars from Valla, CA to Chicago in 1983. APL buys its own double

Title: San Pedro Bay Ports Access Study. Phase 2: Railroad Access
Date: 1984-04-15, 1984-04-15
Description: 1984 study of railroad operations at the port of Long Beach and Port or Los Angeles.

Title: Memo comparing economies of three stack car to double stack car
Date: 1976-09-14, 1976-09-14
Description: Memo from Robert Yates to T. A. Fante providing economic comparison of DRG&W three-container car to TTX double stack cars.

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