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Intermodal pioneer

By Angela Cotey | March 20, 2020

| Last updated on December 22, 2020

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New York Central’s Flexi-Van system, unveiled in spring 1956, employed truck trailers with detachable wheels that locked on special flat cars, saving time, weight, and height. Other railroads that bought into the concept included Illinois Central and Milwaukee Road.
Jim Shaughnessy photo

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