Although way
behind its time, but none the less it happened.
Kindly find attached glimpse of an event marking a significant stage in Container
transport business in India (flagged by honorable Minister Lalu Prasad
Yadav) on the Jaipur-Pipavav port route. The
double stack container (DSC) train can carry 180 TEU (20-foot equivalent unit)
containers against 90 TEU containers in a single stack train.
Date March 23, 2006.
Details:
45 wagons - each
stacked with 02d20 & 01d40 (total 90d20s,
10d40s & 35md40)


The sign in Hindi reads: "India's First
Double Stacked Container Train - CONCOR". CONCOR stands for Container
Corporation of India Ltd.



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