Freightliner Group is a rail freight and logistics company headquartered in the United Kingdom. It is presently a majority owned subsidiary of the American holding company Genesee & Wyoming.
Original BR FGA Freightliner flats 60152-601403, preserved outside the National Railway Museum, York
47376 in original Freightliner livery. This locomotive was used to launch the company in 1995, being named Freightliner 1995.
57005 Freightliner Excellence on container train in 2002
Locomotive Class 66 No.66568 and "Heavy Haul" wagons at the Freightliner Vehicle Maintenance Facility, Leeds
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation, without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes. The method reduces cargo handling, and so improves security, reduces damage and loss, and allows freight to be transported faster. Reduced costs over road trucking is the key benefit for inter-continental use. This may be offset by reduced timings for road transport over shorter distances.
Containers being transferred to a cargo ship at the container terminal in Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany
Intermodal ship-to-rail transfer of containerized cargos at terminals in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States
A stagecoach transferred to a railroad car with a gantry crane, an example of early intermodal freight transport by the French Mail in 1844; the drawing is exhibited in Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum in Munich.
Transferring freight containers on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1928