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[quote user="nbrodar"] And actually, 5 platform cars are losing favor (at least in the I-95 corridor) to 3 platform cars.   The number of destinations, and volume of trailers/containers makes the 3 platform sets more effecient. [/quote] The 5-pack vs 3-pack arguement isn't about the maintenance issue, rather the 5 pack w/40' wells is the favored configuration for ISO containers, but the 3 pack is favored for 53' domestics.  Since spine cars are primarily meant for hauling trailers, and since single unit trailers are mostly 53', we get the 3 pack spine car.  UPS trailers are still 28', so it is more efficient to haul them with the older 48' per platform 5 pack spine cars. But whatever the case, 5 packs will always be more "efficient" than 3 packs.
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