Railways of Australia Container Express or RACE was a slightly wider version of the standard
ISO
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ISO or Iso may also refer to: Business and finance
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shipping
container
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Things kept inside of a container are protected on several sides by being inside of its structure. The term ...
able to take 2
Australia Standard Pallets side by side. More than 1,000 units were operated by the
Railways of Australia
Railways of Australia (ROA) was an association of railways operators. It was established in November 1963 when the government railway operators of Australia and New Zealand decided to unite to promote the industry on a national scale.
The inaug ...
, an association of the government-owned railways which comprised
Australian National, the
State Rail Authority
The State Rail Authority, a former statutory authority of the Government of New South Wales, operated and maintained railways in the Australian state of New South Wales from July 1980 until December 2003.
History
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of
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Queensland Rail
Queensland Rail (QR) is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia. Owned by the Queensland Government, it operates local and long-distance passenger services, as well as owning and maintaining approximately 6,600 kilometres of track and relate ...
ways, the
Victorian State Transport Authority and
Westrail
Western Australian Government Railways (WAGR) was the operator of railway services in the state of Western Australia between October 1890 and June 2003. Owned by the state government, it was renamed a number of times to reflect extra responsi ...
. These entities operated in Australia prior to privatisation of freight services.
The RACE containers were developed in 1974 in New South Wales by the
Public Transport Commission
The Public Transport Commission (PTC) was an agency of the Government of New South Wales responsible for the provision of rail, bus and ferry services in New South Wales, Australia from October 1972 until June 1980.
Upon dissolution, responsi ...
, and built by Freighter Industries Ltd. The RACE general container was designed to accommodate 20 standard pallets stacked in two levels. Carrying capacity was and it had rear and side doors for ease of loading and unloading. There were also ISO RACE containers for non-palletised freight, as well as ventilated, refrigerated and side-loading containers.
[''Network'' April, 1978 Published by the Railways of Australia Committee p27]
Models
SDS Models and On Track Models both have made these containers in HO scale
See also
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Containerization
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Intermodal container
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship ...
References
Rail freight transport in Australia
Shipping containers
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