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Freight Terminals and Intermodal Hubs

Rail yards, container terminals and other freight-handling facilities engineered to transfer cargo between vehicles or between transport modes, distinct from the passenger-facing stations of a single line. Belongs here: any named freight terminal, marshalling yard or intermodal hub of real historical or engineering significance. Does not belong here: a passenger station considered on its own, or the trains, trucks and ships that pass through a terminal, tracked as vehicle entities.

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Era of Emergence
1956 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Containerization
WikipediaContainerization, SS Ideal X voyage
Quote, Containerization, SS Ideal X voyage
The first truly successful container shipping company dates to April 26, 1956, when American trucking entrepreneur McLean put 58 trailer vans later called containers, aboard a refitted tanker ship, the SS Ideal X, and sailed them from Newark, New Jersey, to Houston, Texas.
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