Transport on Foreign Service Flatcars

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Also, clearances vary, in many cases, from one country

and Pakistan. Because clearances vary by country, in

the Middle East and South America, each country will

to the next and sometimes within a country; therefore,

evaluation of transportability capability must be made on

require a separate check. In Australia, India, and

Pakistan, wide or broad-gauge railways provide greater

an individual basis.

clearances and fewer restrictions.

7-6. Transport on Foreign Service Flatcars

Since various designation systems are used by different

a. General. The system can be transported on a

countries, foreign railcars are not easily classified.

number of foreign service flatcars.

Figure 7-1. Blocking and tiedown diagram of M1015 carrier on CONUS general-purpose flatcar.

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