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There used to be TOFC (trailer on flat car) cars that had little flaps that you could lower so that you could drive between cars. They don't have those any more, for the most part. They found they could make them less heavy with a "spine" kind of design, which you can't drive across.


Also most intermodals these days use well cars which allow containers to be double stacked.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/DTTX_724...




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