The ABCs of container hauling - market - Brief Article

Railway Age, Feb, 2004

Johnstown America completed delivery of 50 articulated bulk container cars to Houston-based Synagro Technologies, Inc. The cars will be used by Synagro's rail-haul subsidiary, Environmental Protection and Improvement Co., to transport containers loaded with biosolids and other solid waste materials.

The 90-foot-long ABC cars have a lightweight skeleton design, and can haul 20-foot-long containers, weighing up to 59,000 pounds. Alternatively, the cars can carry two standard 40-foot-long ISO containers. For maximum payload service, containers can be double-stacked on each end of the car and loaded single level at the two intermediate positions nearest the articulated truck. This six-container load fills a maximum capacity of 354,000 pounds.