. Railway mechanical engineer . is carried bymotor truck direct to the consignee. All of the intermediatehandling and checking processes are done away with. Another advantage of the new system which is expected toprove most valuable is greatly increased use of rolling stockin actual service. This is particularly important when trafficexpands to its peak and the prime need is to shorten lay-overs of cars in yards and stations for loading and unload-ing, and to limit their idleness through misuse for storage purposes. With ample supplies of the removable containers,which in their several classes
. Railway mechanical engineer . is carried bymotor truck direct to the consignee. All of the intermediatehandling and checking processes are done away with. Another advantage of the new system which is expected toprove most valuable is greatly increased use of rolling stockin actual service. This is particularly important when trafficexpands to its peak and the prime need is to shorten lay-overs of cars in yards and stations for loading and unload-ing, and to limit their idleness through misuse for storage purposes. With ample supplies of the removable containers,which in their several classes will be of uniform size andinterchangeable, one carload of the containers may be re-moved and sent with their loads to consignees, and anotherset immediately hoisted to their places and the car be readyto proceed within a matter of minutes. The containers mayremain on station platforms or on the premises of shippersfor loading or unloading at convenience, without tying uprolling stock at points where track capacity is Locomotive Crane Placing a Loaded Container on the Car One of the difficulties that will be encountered in theoperation of this system will be the lack of adequate liftingapparatus on the premises of many shippers, which willnecessitate the tie-up of a motor truck while the containeris unloaded and reloaded. Other difficulties that must beovercome are: the possibility of scattering the containers overtoo wide a territory and the probable lack of sufficient suit-
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