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[quote user="beaulieu"][quote user="futuremodal"] Bi-modal technology transcends national parochialism.  US-style TOFC (as prefered by UPS)wouldn't fit in Europe, but RoadRailer and RailRunner would.[/quote]You know next to nothing about European railfreight. [/quote]I pity you, Johnny B.  You seem to have a desire to go out of your way to personally insult me any chance you get, then you go off and pretty much verify what I said in the first place.  As follows......[quote]It would be next to impossible to get Roadrailer or Railrunner equipment approved in most European countries. [/quote]Really?  Hmmmmm.......[quote user="jclass"] Roadrailer on Brenner line between Innsbruck, Austria and Italy. <img src="http://www.robl.w1.com/obb/C001025.jpg" border="0" width="588" height="397" />[/quote]Besides, what you're really stating is not that bi-modal won't work technologically, it's that certain European countries might arbitrarily prohibit it's use.  From what I know about European railfreight from my good friends here on the forum including a certain John Beaulieu is that clearances are generally lower than the NA counterparts.  That's why trailer-on-spine car aka US-style TOFC won't work there, and also why bi-modal technology is a perfect fit.[quote]US styled TOFC is quite common in Europe, albeit with organizational differences. With the exception of Finland they need well cars to transport semi-trailers low enough to clear cantenary, but it is commonly done. Kombiverkehr (a subsidiary of Stinnes and hence DB), Hupac, and Intercontainer are the biggest operators, with networks covering most of Europe.[/quote]Again, not to be pedantic, but most US-style TOFC runs on spine cars or adapted flat cars, e.g. high platforms, not well cars.  What you're saying here is that current US-style TOFC (as I've just described) won't work in most of Europe with the exception of Finland.  Trailer-in-wellcar is common in Europe, not so common in NA.  That's not an organizational difference, it's a technical difference.
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