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[quote user="beaulieu"]Iron Highway, now called Expressway is running twice daily each way between Toronto and Montreal on the CP. I think one train per day on weekends. CP tried running the train to Windsor(Detroit) but loadings never came up to profitable and the service from there was dropped. There were intentions of service between Montreal and Chicago, and Montreal to New York, but marketing could never develop enough interested potential customers. Running times between Detroit and Chicago over CSX were not fast enough to interest the truckers. The same problem for Montreal to New York. [/quote] There is/was a physical difference between the original Iron Highway concept and CP's modern Expressway.  The Iron Highway originated with New York Air Brake and CSX as a 1200 foot segmented platform car with hydraulic ramps at both ends.  The platform sections were short (28') with two wheel bogies attatched at one end (wheels attatched directly to the platform, no axles, so they turned independently) and the other end of the car resting on the next platfrom, semi-articulated at the two wheel bogie end. <A href="http://members.aol.com/jsundin357/ironhwy.html">http://members.aol.com/jsundin357/ironhwy.html</A> <A href="http://www.highbeam.com/library/docfree.asp?DOCID=1G1:10730996&ctrlInfo=Round19%3AMode19b%3ADocG%3AResult&ao">http://www.highbeam.com/library/docfree.asp?DOCID=1G1:10730996&ctrlInfo=Round19%3AMode19b%3ADocG%3AResult&ao</A>= CP's Expressway cars are more normal 50+' platforms articulated together with standard two axle bogies.  I think CP uses normal circus style ramps at it's terminals, so there is no on-car ramp. <A href="http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/Photo+Gallery/Intermodal/default.htm?Show=Truck%20trailers">http://www8.cpr.ca/cms/English/Media/Photo+Gallery/Intermodal/default.htm?Show=Truck%20trailers</A>
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