Piggyback and Containers: A History of Rail Intermodal on Americas's Steel Highway Tapa dura - 1992

Golden West Books. Hardcover. New. This is a second edition with updated information, images and tables. This book presents the complete intermodal story: The development of Gene Ryan's Rail Trailer Company, General Motors flirtation with a depressed center-car design, the establishment of Trailer Train, Southern Pacific's truck-trailer train experiment between Los Angeles and San Francisco (handling only company owned Pacific Motor Trucking Trailers), the separation of Pennsylvania Railroads influence over Trailer Train, and the combination of rail-highway units familiarly called Rail Van and RoadRailer. Featured are the various hitch arrangements, the once popular trailer-leasing program, the expansion of United Parcel from a department store delivery service to the United States' largest freight carrier and their influence on rail-piggyback. This book is written by an industry insider who tells the 'who' and 'why'. Contents: Introduction, pp. 10-12, The Less-Than-Carload Problem, pp. 13-20, It's… Leer más

San MarinoFirst e: Golden West Books, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 4to. pp.192, previous owners bookplate on verso of front cover

Golden West Books, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Golden West Books, 1992-10-01. Second. Hardcover. Like New/Dust jacket in mylar protective . 11x8x0.

San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1992. First edition, first printing . Hardcover. 208 pages with photographs, equipment diagrams, bibliography, and index. Upper corners mildly bumped, else fine in fine and bright dust jacket.

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Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket like new, slight shelf wear.
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217 illustrations, car drawings, bibliography and index. This is a second edition with updated information, images and tables. Piggyback and Containers: A History of Rail Intermodal on America's Steel Highway presents the complete intermodal story. The development of Gene Ryan's Rail Trailer Company, General Motors flirtation with a depressed center-car design, the establishment of Trailer Train, Southern Pacific's truck-trailer train experiment between Los Angeles and San Francisco (handling only company owned Pacific Motor Trucking Trailers), the separation of Pennsylvania Railroad's influence over Trailer Train, the combination of rail-highway units familiarly called Rail Van and RoadRailer. Featured… Leer más

Golden West Books, 1992-10-01. Second. hardcover. Like New. 8x1x11. PERSONALIZED INSCRIPTION by author on half title page, no other marks or dog ears noted in text, black leather hc with djAND AS ALWAYS SHIPPED IN 24 HOURS; and emailed to you a USPS tracking number on all orders; all books are sanitized and cleaned for your protection before mailing

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Golden West Books, 1992-10-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!