Trailer-on-flatcar usage rebounds on e-commerce surge

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Trailer-on-flatcar usage rebounds on e-commerce surge

Lawrence Gross, president, Gross Transportation Consulting | Aug 06, 2020 11:25AM EDT
An important lesson to be gained is the role of TOFC as intermodal surge capacity: While there is a finite number of domestic containers in the North American fleet, there are, for all practical purposes, an infinite number of trailers available.
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