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PIGGYBACK, THE POPULAR NAME FOR TRAILER-ON-FLATCAR /TOFC/ MOVEMENT, HAS BEEN ONE OF THE GREATEST TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS IN LAND TRANSPORTATION OF RECENT YEARS. PIGGYBACK DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTS AN ATTEMPT ON THE PART OF THE RAILROADS TO BOLSTER DECLINING REVENUES AND TO RECLAIM TRAFFIC LOST OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY. IT REPRESENTS COORDINATION OF TRANSPORT FACILITIES, ROUTES AND RATES. EACH UNFAVORABLE ICC DECISION HAS ARRESTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIGGYBACK FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD. THE CONTAINER CASE IN 1931 KILLED THE INCENTIVE FOR USE OF CONTAINERS BECAUSE THE COMMISSION SET AN UNPROFITABLE RATE FOR SHIPPERS. THE RULES LAID DOWN IN EX PARTE 129 /1939/ WERE FAVORABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIGGYBACK SERVICE, BUT NOT UNTIL THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD DECISION IN 1954 WERE CERTAIN PRINCIPLES ESTABLISHED TO ENCOURAGE PIGGYBACK DEVELOPMENT. PIGGYBACK CARLOADING SURGED FORWARD THEREAFTER IN SPITE OF SUBSEQUENT ICC INVESTIGATIONS. /AUTHOR/

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• CONTAINERIZATION IN TRANSPORTING AGRICULTURAL PERISHABLES
• EFFECT OF PIGGYBACK OPERATION ON VOLUME OF HIGHWAY TRUCK TRAFFIC
• FACTORS IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF RAIL PIGGYBACK
• THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND COURSE OF ACTION IN OPTIMIZING RAIL-HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION