Double Stacks and Z-trains

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Double Stacks and Z-trains

Unread postby BlueLight » Tue Mar 12, 2013 1:36 am

Real world question. I know the railroads have been running trailer on flat car since the 1940's. When did they start running double stacks and Z-trains? Was it in the 1980's or 90's, or was it eariler?
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Re: Double Stacks and Z-trains

Unread postby thecanadianrail » Tue Mar 12, 2013 6:30 am

Blue Light wrote:Real world question. I know the railroads have been running trailer on flat car since the 1940's. When did they start running double stacks and Z-trains? Was it in the 1980's or 90's, or was it eariler?


im quite shure the first official ones were in the mid 80's, although I do know SP was doing tests earlier than that with the 1st generation stack cars.
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