The wagon types for this are multitudinous and includes covered wagons (sometimes designated as vans) capable of carrying a wide variety of merchandise traffic.
On careful consideration it was decided that the light wagon type of trailers was best suited to this work, and arrangements were made with The Eastern Trailmobile Sales Co. #110 West 40th St., New York City, to supply the trailers for this work.
The advancements brought forth by the SPECTRUM solution, in fact, derive from technologies that involve wagon type, vehicle configuration, vehicle performance, condition monitoring and transhipment operation.
Wagon type: Un-powered flat platform wagons to accommodate hi-cube containers.
Figure 5 illustrates the distribution of wagon types at Swiss Split for the year 2013.
Open image in new window Fig. 5 Distribution of wagon types at Swiss Split in 2013 (SBB Cargo / ETH Zurich).
More specifically, the following types of wagons are currently being used for Swiss Split: Two-axle standard flat wagons with a wooden floor, type Ks; Four-axle standard flat wagons with a wooden floor, types Res and Rs; Two-axle container wagons, type Lgns and Lgnss; Four-axle container wagons, types Sgns and Sgnss.
Two-axle standard flat wagons with a wooden floor, type Ks; Four-axle standard flat wagons with a wooden floor, types Res and Rs; Two-axle container wagons, type Lgns and Lgnss; Four-axle container wagons, types Sgns and Sgnss.
Chevrolet showed the Nomad, a station-wagon-type vehicle that bore the shape and profile of its 50's antecedent but fits into the market of crossover vehicles, which blur the line between car and truck.
Under this system the first letter represent owner of the wagon, the second represents the general type of wagon, the third separates different classes of the same general type, and the four letter indicates the maximum running speed.
