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A publication about how containerised freight works, from the quay to the rail head.

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An intermodal train of double-stack well cars alongside a yard

Two boxes to a well car, and eight feet of clearance under the lower one. That clearance is the whole reason double-stack works.

Photo: Conductor riding well car in Worcester MA · Wikimedia Commons