12-29-2009, 07:00 AM
Brakie Wrote:Railbox was owned by Trailer Train Company which was owned by several railroads..As far as maintenace the owning railroads did the repairs or a contract repair shop..Of course if a none owning railroad did the repairs the normal repair billing was applied.
To build on Brakie's comments, Trailer Train or TTX as they are now called, assigns cars to various roads based upon needs. It is fairly common for a "directive" to be issued where one railroad shifts empty cars to another railroad that wants them or if one railroad is stuck with too many empties TTX may force empties to other roads to share the pain. This is done with intermodal and automotive equipment.