Rail-marine Terminal
A rail-marine terminal is also known as a carfloating operation, whereas railroad freight cars are loaded upon a carfloat by locomotive via a floatbridge, and transported across a body of water by tugboat to another such location where they are then unloaded by locomotive via another floatbridge, and at which time those freight cars are then placed spotted at their desired locations.
The Rail-Marine Terminals located in Brooklyn, NY; (BEDT, Bush Terminal, New York Dock and Jay Street Terminal) were also known as "Contract Terminals". They are so named because they would be contracted by the Class 1 railroads (i.e.: PRR, LV, DL&W, etc..) to transport freight to and from destinations not serviced by the consigned carrier.
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