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A swap body, exchangeable container or interchangeable unit, [1] is one of the types of standard freight containers for road and rail transport.. Based on and very similar to the more widespread shipping containers (ISO containers), swap bodies normally have the same external dimensions for the bottom corner fittings as ISO shipping containers so that they can be placed on the same kinds of ...
The provisions aim to facilitate LU identification to speed-up international traffic movements. They are applicable to semi-trailers, swap bodies, roller units loaded on wagons and bogies in combined transport operations. FU-7100 [34] Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) User Requirements Specification. Defines a set of technology ...
Flat wagons for carrying timber: the Class Snps 719 (front) and the Class Roos-t 642 (behind). Flat wagons (sometimes flat beds, flats or rail flats, US: flatcars), as classified by the International Union of Railways (UIC), are railway goods wagons that have a flat, usually full-length, deck (or 2 decks on car transporters) and little or no superstructure.
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Diesel and electric locomotives with a traditional, full-width body, known as cab units in North America, tend to have their strength in an internal structure. This style of construction is still popular elsewhere, but North American locomotives nowadays are overwhelmingly hood units —with a strong frame beneath the superstructure that ...
Reina Hardesty’s star is on the rise. Known for her previous roles in Brockmire, StartUp and the Arrowverse as Weather Witch, the 28-year-old actress plays eccentric party girl Brooke in Netflix ...
A cowl unit is an adaptation of the hood unit design with a full-width body. Despite some visual similarities, cowl units are actually very different from cab units. All structural support on a cowl unit is provided by the frame of the locomotive, rather than in the body as with a cab unit.