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...PIGGYBACK railroading, temporarily checked by an ICC order four weeks ago, now has the commission's O.K. Though truckers have complained about proposed rates of six railroads for carrying loaded trailers on flatcars, the ICC decided to give their new service a green light, while the rate discussion continues...
...railroads, notably the Chicago Great Western and the New Haven, have been in the piggyback business for years. The New Haven has been piggybacking since 1937, now carries more than 50,000 trailers a year and grosses $2,000,000 on the service. But it is only recently that most of the giants have become interested. Last month the Great Northern started a piggyback service between the Twin Cities and Duluth. This month the Lackawanna, the Erie, the Nickel Plate and the Pennsylvania are all launching similar services; the New York Central, the Lehigh Valley, the Union Pacific...
...loading laws that differ from state to state. A trucker now operating over the roads between New York and Chicago, for example, must underload his trailer in order to meet the requirements of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Shippers may also profit by lower rates. The cost of shipping by piggyback is estimated at 20? per trailer mile v. about 24? over the road. Furthermore, piggybacking combines the advantages of rail and truck transport: 1) the speed and dependability of rail, no matter what the weather; 2) the flexibility and door-to-door delivery of trucking...
Already the promise of piggybacking has sparked new life in the railroad-equipment industry. General Motors' Electro-Motive Division has designed a special flatcar, 75 ft. long and capable of carrying two trailers, v. one for present cars. The G.M. car can be loaded from the side by means of a forklift, thus making for quicker and more flexible handling than the old-fashioned "circus loading," by which trailers were rolled up a ramp at the end of the car. American Car & Foundry, Bethlehem Steel, Pressed Steel Car and others are ready to manufacture piggyback equipment, and Pullman-Standard...
Many problems must still be ironed out before piggybacking can cash in on its prospects. The Interstate Commerce Commission will soon hold hearings to decide such basic issues as rates and Government regulation. Another unknown is the final stand to be taken by Dave Beck's Teamsters Union. The Teamsters opposed piggybacking on the New Haven, have been restrained from disrupting it only by a court injunction. But Beck, who has gone along with the shipment of trailers by water, now seems resigned. Says he: "We have no objections to piggybacking or any other form of transportation as long...