Intermodal Transport History


This page is dedicated to the history (current and past) and modeling of intermodal transportation including international and domestic containers, piggyback trailers, intermodal freight cars and container ships.


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A Pictorial Review of Container Fleets of the World: K-Line

This is a short summary of K-Line’s container designs and paint schemes was a paper written during the 1990s. It was intended for publication, but I don’t think it was ever published (at least in this form).

Journal of Container-Transport

This journal was published from November 1989 to August 1993. There were five issues published. 6″ x 9″ format. ISSN 1045-0645.

Journal of Container-Transport #1 November 1989.

Intermodal Transport News

Published from May 23, 1994 to June 15, 1995. Six issues. 8.5″ x 11″.

Books for Sale

Intermodal Transport Containers 1980-1999

80# coated paper. A book of intermodal transport container photos from the 1980s. Mostly color and some black and white. 221 photos and 12 tables. Detailed captions for container historians, enthusiasts, and modelers. Early ZIM containers, ISO Size-Type 2040s, Santa Fe’s Containers, Han Jin Containers, Container Transport International, and United States Lines. Order from Lulu Press by clicking Intermodal Transport Containers 1980-1999 (lulu.com). $59.95.