Athearn HO 48′ Container, SFTU #1 (6)

An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, is a large, standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport. These containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo. Intermodal containers are primarily used to store and transport materials and products efficiently and securely in the global containerized intermodal freight transport system.