by Gilbert B Norman
Nope, not a railroad but rather a maritime company.
For any others with a crossover interest in the maritime industry, check out the Steamship Historical Society's Summer 2005 magazine, The Steamboat Bill. There you will find an extensive article about Seatrain Lines, a maritime concern serving various intercoastal ports as well as Cuba, Puerto Rico, and maybe even Jamaica. Boxcars would actually be loaded, trucks and all, aboard their oceangoing vessels. The vessels were not configured as Ro-Ro, such as railroad carferries, but rather the cars were loaded by means of cranes. In short, Seatrain was (admitedly crude) precursor to today's container vessels.
www.sshsa.org
For any others with a crossover interest in the maritime industry, check out the Steamship Historical Society's Summer 2005 magazine, The Steamboat Bill. There you will find an extensive article about Seatrain Lines, a maritime concern serving various intercoastal ports as well as Cuba, Puerto Rico, and maybe even Jamaica. Boxcars would actually be loaded, trucks and all, aboard their oceangoing vessels. The vessels were not configured as Ro-Ro, such as railroad carferries, but rather the cars were loaded by means of cranes. In short, Seatrain was (admitedly crude) precursor to today's container vessels.
www.sshsa.org