The idea for piggybacking — hauling truck trailers on flatbed train cars — might have ... The semi-trailers were loaded with cargo, then put on rail flatcars and carried long distances by ...

On modern flatbed trailers, cambering enhances structural strength and significantly improves load-carrying capacity ... usually the beam, side rails, and floors are all made from the lightweight ...

To protect the load, rail refrigeration units should automatically ... something will hit the refrigeration unit.” Utility Trailer is hearing more requests for rail equipment, Bennett said.

THE SECOND CAME TO A REST ON HIS FLATBED, TRAPPING THE TRAILER ... THE DRIVER ON THE TRACTOR-TRAI An MBTA commuter rail train hit a tractor trailer at a street crossing in Littleton Monday morning ...