This early container effort would make a most interesting article. I’ve learned a lot just reading the responses on this thread. The loading crane sat unused (?) at NLR at the edge of the hump yard for years after this service had been replaced by more standard TOFC services. Given the popularity of stack trains today, it could be argued that this was a good idea ahead of its time.

The concept was featured prominently in advertising for a few years, as seen with these 1957 and 1958 pocket calendars (in both reproduction and original versions.)

Bill Pollard

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