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Re: Maersk Truck sighting in Michigan
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lugnet.general, lugnet.trains
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Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:33:13 GMT
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Rob Doucette wrote:
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> Gary Istok wrote in message <372880DE.ABFFD97F@umich.edu>...
> > Is this rare? Or are they common in the USA?
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> Travel in any city with a deep water port such as Baltimore, and you will
> see Maersk container trucks as well as those of other transoceanic freight
> companies. I'm guessing the container ships would also make it through the
> Great Lakes. Lego fans in the fly-over states probably won't see many
> Maesrk containers unless they are on rail cars.
I see them all the time in container yards (train and portside) as I fly
in to places. That light blue is pretty distinctive. Containers get
mixed around a lot, they're the boxcars of the late millenium, they get
loaded by anyone and sent anywhere, to a certain extent.
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| Gary Istok wrote in message <372880DE.ABFFD97F@u...ch.edu>... (...) Travel in any city with a deep water port such as Baltimore, and you will see Maersk container trucks as well as those of other transoceanic freight companies. I'm guessing the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.general)
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