Since I am not an expert of the
logistical terms used in RoadRailing, I can only tell you from what I felt while watching a train pulling them past me down behind my friend
65535's place a few weeks ago.
After the
engine had boomed past us, we stood and faced a cargo of truck trailers complete with wheels rolling lazily with inertia. What looked like a hundred white trailer cars coasted gently along the curve we stood on and I was stunned by its massive beauty and uniformity.
RoadRailer is a train to trailer
freight system that is offered by
CN along the
Toronto-
Montreal corridor to companies and individuals who wish to
transport freight over
long distances for a relatively lower cost than by
highway alone. Time and routing
errors are nearly
eliminated due to the fact that
cargo does not require unloading at transfer stations; It is simply
transferred onto
tractor trailers for delivery to the client.
Roadrailers add to the anonymous beauty of freight trains. Read more at www.
cn.ca