RailNews: Auto Train handling seasonal mail in RoadRailers; Amtrak orders more boxcars
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Auto Train handling seasonal mail in RoadRailers; Amtrak
orders more boxcars
Amtrak's Auto Train has always been part passenger train, part
freight train, what with all the auto-carrying cars comprising
its rear half. But the freight will be a bit heavier over the
next three weeks as the Auto Train will haul also RoadRailer
trailers loaded with holiday-related mail between Lorton, Va.,
and Orlando, Fla.
About 16 other Amtrak trains routinely carry RoadRailers on
the back end, but this is the first time the Auto Train has
handled RoadRailer express shipments.
Meanwhile, Amtrak has ordered 100 mail and express boxcars
from Trinity Industries, which will build the cars at its
Springfield, Mo., plant. The Trinity-designed cars are the
company's first entry into the higher-speed freight market.
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