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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by KevinRC Seems like a waste of a railroad car, just putting one trailer into a well car. But that's the way they do it. Maybe we will see the 89' TTX Flat Car come back!!!! [/quote] I doubt you'd see a return of the 89' flats due to the dominance of the 53' trailer and the possibility of eventual widespread acceptence of a 57' design. The two 89's connected by drawbar to haul three 53's has a tare weight disadvantage to spine cars, and isn't much better than a 3-pack 53' well car. If there is a reduction of domestic/NA containers in favor of trailers, you'll probably see more 3-pack and 5-pack spine cars with the 53' platforms being built and less of the 53' wells. This bodes well for Trinity and National Steel Car, but not for Greenbrier. If there is a new demand for TOFC cars, I'd prefer an updated version of the TTOX single axle cars since they have the lowest tare weight of all trailer hauling designs. But it won't happen.
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