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Kinda related, but a flatcar was historically a kind of railcar you could mount shipping containers, chassis and large +100 short ton loads onto. These days we
by nimbius 4y ago
Kinda related, but a flatcar was historically a kind of railcar you could mount shipping containers, chassis and large +100 short ton loads onto.
These days we call them intermodal frames or an intermodal chassis. It can go from rail to cargo ship to truck to plane, and its all highly standardized and scalable :) CSX even uses them to test their robotic conductor/ automated locomotive technology
- PuffinBlue 4y agoThey mention the name association in the FAQ. [0]https://www.flatcar.org/faq#what-is-the-significance-of-the-flatcar-container-linux-name https://www.flatcar.org/faq#what-is-the-significance-of-the-...
- mixdup 4y agoI mean flatcars are still used today (not just historically) for things like tanks, farm equipment, lumber, semi-trailers, and sometimes even standard containers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatcar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatcar) Cars that carry containers are now mostly referred to as well cars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well_car) An intermodal chassis or frame usually refers to the highway version used to pull a container behind a truck (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_chassis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_chassis)