Intermodal
Containers
Intermodal
is the hottest thing in railroading. Shipping, trucking and rail lines have combined
with the goal of providing reduced commodity handling, and shorter time between
destinations than previous methods of handling less than shipload quantity cargos.
The original containers developed by shipping companies
were 20' or 40' long with a 96" width, and are stacked with IBC’s (interbox
connectors) stored in a box on the stack cars themselves. US shippers required
a larger container to compete with 48' over the road trucks. The lighter, higher
capacity 48 became a new option in the highly competitive domestic shipping market. 
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