![]() ![]() The driver then unlocked a pin in the demountable bogies, and backed the van off the wheels and into slots on the turntable. The Strick van backed at right angles to the flatcar until its bottom rails lined by with the car's turntable mechanism. Power was supplied by the terminal tract units. They delivered an old 42 foot flatcar with a new single, hydraulically-operated turntable powered by a motor-driven pump. Strick Division of Fruehauf developed an experimental car in 1955. The one that was finally decided upon was FlexiVan. Several concepts were reviewed, including the Ryan/EMD Trailer Transport system, C&O's Rail Van and the Steadman side loader, as well as a system developed jointly with Malcolm McLean. An artist's rendering of the project for NY Central Railroad The New York Central Railroad needed a new concept in intermodal to help escape its desperate cash-short state in the 1950's. ![]()
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