Item Info

Production Year: 1946
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes:

Carloads by the Package. Chicago, Illinois. Bobo the Hobo is going to have to figure out a new angle with the new "package" railroad freight container (above) just inaugurated, for it may make comfy  box cars a thing of the past. Freight is packed in novel aluminum "boxes" and can be moved anywhere on earth without unloading. It's shifted from trailer truck to flatcar in three minutes by means of built-in hydraulic jacks and ball-bearing rollers. It's a cheaper, quicker method, easily adaptable to transcontinental hauls, say the manufacturers. April, 23rd, 1946. 

Creator Name: International News Photos - Photographer