A clever way to transport automobiles by rail
Known as Vert-A-Pac,
the railcar was designed to maximize the amount of vehicles being transported, and GM made at least one vehicle that was specifically made
for this kind of duty: the Chevy Vega.
In order to keep the price at a rock bottom level, these Chevys
were designed to fit on railcars that could carry twice as many Vegas
than usual, for a total of 30. In order to fit all 30 cars, each rail
car had 30 doors, 15 on each side, that folded down so that a Vega could
be secured inside in a vertical, nose-down fashion. Then a forklift
would come along and lift the door (and car) into place.
Via
the new shelton wet/dry.
Studebaker, and perhaps others, used a similar system in the late '50s.
ReplyDeleteMaximise the amount? Shame on you :0)
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DeleteSurely it should be "Maximise the number"?
ReplyDeletePerhaps, but in terms of the formatting of this blog, when I center-indent paragraphs, as in the example above, that indicates the text is quoted verbatim from the source (unless I use ellipses (...) to indicate my deletions. I suppose I could make an effort to insert more [sic]s, but that takes too much time.
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