Per Trains Newswire
Florida East Coast Railway acquires 200 new containers
Published: December 7, 2012
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. â€" The Florida East Coast Railway recently acquired 200 new 53-foot containers to expand its domestic customer intermodal business. “This acquisition will help accelerate the conversion of Florida East Coast trailers to containers in order to provide double stack transportation service between Jacksonville and Miami,†says the railroad’s CEO Jim Hertwig. The railroad says, by utilizing double stack containers, it will be able to save on train length and transport more densely built trains.
The railroad will feature one of its new containers on the 2012 Toys for Tots Christmas Train operating between Jacksonville and Miami Dec. 8. The new container will be filled with toys for the US Marines to deliver to children.