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  2. Hopper car - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] [4] The hopper car was developed in parallel with the development of automated handling of such commodities, including automated loading and unloading facilities. Hopper cars are distinguished from gondola cars, which do not have opening doors on their underside or sides.

  3. Double-stack rail transport - Wikipedia

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    Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers. Invented in the United States in 1984, it is now being used for nearly seventy percent of United States intermodal shipments.

  4. Hulett - Wikipedia

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    The Hulett machine revolutionised iron ore shipment on the Great Lakes. Previous methods of unloading lake freighters, involving hoists and buckets and much hand labor, cost approximately 18¢/ton. Unloading with Huletts cost only 6¢/ton. (in 1901 dollars) Unloading only took 5 to 10 hours, as opposed to days for previous methods.

  5. Railcar - Wikipedia

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    In North America the term "railcar" has a much broader sense and can be used (as an abbreviated form of "railroad car") to refer to any item of hauled rolling-stock, whether passenger coaches or goods wagons (freight cars). [3] [4] [5] Self-powered railcars were once common in North America; see Doodlebug (rail car).

  6. Guide rail - Wikipedia

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    A guide rail is a device or mechanism to direct products, vehicles or other objects through a channel, conveyor, roadway or rail system. Several types of guide rails exist and may be associated with: Factory or production line conveyors; Power tools, such as table saws; Elevator or lift shafts

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  8. Refrigerator car - Wikipedia

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    This type of door provided a larger six foot opening to facilitate car loading and unloading. These tight-fitting doors were better insulated and could maintain an even temperature inside the car. By the mid-1970s, the few remaining ice bunker cars were relegated to "top-ice" service, where crushed ice was applied atop the commodity.

  9. Guardiola signs a 2-year contract extension at Man City and ...

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    MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola committed himself to Manchester City for another two years on Thursday and quickly set his sights on adding to his record-breaking reign. Guardiola ended ...