North Shore Railroad Makes Trucks Easier To Use On Rail

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Synopsis: Trucks and the railroad end their rivalry with a novel truck carry car that trucks can drive on to and park, then transported down the rail line where the trucks then drive off to transport their loaded goods on surface streets...(read more)

Date: 1932
Duration: 00:01:07
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States

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North Shore Railroad Makes Trucks Easier To Use On Rail

North Shore Railroad Makes Trucks Easier To Use On Rail

Seeking to meet truck motor transport rivalry, the North Shore Line railroad inaugurates a novel and unique system for freight movement that insures rapid delivery without delays or hazards. Loaded motor trucks carrying minimum loads of 15,000 pounds, are driven on to railroad flat-cars and shipped, by rail, to points as far distant as Racine, Wisconsin. Merchants and manufacturers get the benefits of the method that provides a means for truck delivery right to the consignee’s door, without risking traffic tangles, or engine trouble on long hauls. A new day for railways looms with the acceptance of the new system that may herald dividends for worried stockholders.