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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A "packer" in use at Brampton Intermodal Terminal.
Packers are large machines, equipped with dual front wheels, rear
steering, and a large boom to pick up and move containers. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: One of the packers sorts through a mess of containers
to load an intermodal train. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Another packer grabs a CN Intermodal refrigerated
container. Refrigerated containers can be easily identified by the
cooling unit that sticks out of one end. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A glimpse at a small portion of Brampton Intermodal Terminal. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: One of the intermodal container loaders (packers) on display. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN Intermodal Mi-Jack crane. The crane straddles the
length of a train, then can either pick up trailers off the train and set
them next to it on the ground, or the other way around. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A look inside at the controls and operating
cab of a CN Mi-Jack crane. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: Front view of the CN Mi-Jack crane. The huge forks
in the centre of the crane are what is actually used to lift trailers. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: One of the yard trucks used around CN's Brampton
Intermodal Terminal to shuttle trailers and containers on a chassis
around the yard. |
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Date: September 2001
Location: Brampton Intermodal Terminal (Brampton, Ontario)
Railroad: Canadian National
Description: A CN Intermodal 53' container on a chassis. |