mrdecent Posted January 11, 2013 Report Posted January 11, 2013 [color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] Until the early 1960s, automobiles that were moved by rail were carried in boxcars. These were 50 feet long with double-wide doors. Inside were room for four full-sized sedans on a two-tier rack – two raised up off the floor on a steel rack and two others tucked in underneath them. This protected the cars during transport but wasn’t very efficient has the weight of four vehicles was far less than the maximum weight a boxcar that size could carry.[/size][/font][/color][color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] When 85-foot and 89-foot flatcars came into service, it was possible to pack a total of fifteen automobiles in one car on tri-level auto racks. But it still didn’t exceed the maximum allowable weight for each flatcar.[/size][/font][/color] [color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://whohasthisimagination.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/07/31/91/7319123/files//2013/01/vert-a-pac-64.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color] [color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://whohasthisimagination.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/07/31/91/7319123/files//2013/01/vert-a-pac-12.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color] [color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://whohasthisimagination.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/07/31/91/7319123/files//2013/01/vert-a-pac-210.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color] [color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://whohasthisimagination.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/07/31/91/7319123/files//2013/01/vert-a-pac-32.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color] [color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://whohasthisimagination.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/07/31/91/7319123/files//2013/01/vert-a-pac-54.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color] [color=#4B5054][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][size=3] [img]http://whohasthisimagination.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/00/07/31/91/7319123/files//2013/01/vert-a-pac-64.jpg[/img][/size][/font][/color]
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