See TOFC,COFC, Piggyback. IRT Interboro Rapid Transit - subdivision A of the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) subway
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Joint Facilities Any facilities owned by two or more railroads.
See TOFC,COFC, Piggyback. Iron Bender A switchman. IRT Interboro Rapid Transit - subdivision A of the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) subway
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Piggyback operation
For interoperability, if possible, the mini-gauge trams should be able to piggyback on top of standard gauge flat wagons, to reach workshops and other narrow gauge lines to which they are not otherwise connected.
We learned our train contained a flatcar designed to piggyback damaged freight cars. The trucks and wheels are removed from such a car and it is set on the specially designed flatcar. This car carried a damaged Wisconsin Central boxcar.
Intermodal single platform flat car for conventional piggyback loading as opposed to stack loading. Designed to carry single stacked trailers or containers.
Piggyback - A system of carrying truck trailers or similar containers on flat cars.
Pike - A model railroad.
Shipments carried by more than one mode of transportation, mainly containers and piggyback trailers.
Interurban
An electrically operated light railway between cities and towns, as opposed to local streetcar service.
Piggyback TOFC or trailer on a flat car. Originally used when truck trailers were loaded onto flat cars for shipment by rail. Piglet A locomotive engineer trainee.
Intermodal: Shipments that are carried by more than one mode of transportation, mainly containers and piggyback trailers.
Inside is the Diet Coke piggyback car. Both were bought because they are unusual and interesting. Maybe you prefer to collect regional boxcars, unusual passenger liners or MOW cars. Collect what pleases you and looks good on your railroad.
An inter-mixing of non-rail transportation equipment such as highway truck trailers and overseas shipping containers on railcars--often called "Piggyback" service.
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