Other miscellaneous non-standard containers:
ABSU 1000037. View of the other side. End view. Looks to be roughly 6'-0" long. Type code 5876. (Photos by Hans Tobbe)
Freightliner (UK) container train "caboose" container 09Z04. 10'x8' in size. (Photo by Darryl Bamsey)
Speedfreight (UK) domestic container from the early 1960s. (Photo by Darryl Bamsey)
Unusual small container, possibly 8'x5', mounted to a big rig. (Photo by Zachary Wilson)
HAKU baby containers. These look to be about 8'-0" in length, 8'-0" wide, and probably 8'-6" tall. Owned by Container Company Amsterdam. (Photo by Hans Tobbe)
HBSU 0803152. Small container similar to those above, owned by Hanbao Container Shipping and Trading. (Photo by Gerard Berteau)
SVWU 9140044. Likely to be another 8'x8' size container, probably sold as a storage unit. (Photo by Peter J. Flaskamp-Schuffenhauer)
PFEL 4008. This early aluminum container is probably an 8'-0" unit. Formerly owned by Pacific Far East Line. (Photo by Michael McGowen)
This is an early States Steamship Company sea container (view 1, view 2), probably built circa 1960 and now heavily rusted. It appears to be less than 20' long. Before 1965 there were no standard container dimensions, so it was not uncommon in this time period to have odd container sizes. (Photo by Michael McGowen)
This appears to be some kind of pressurized gas-tube container. It is definitely longer than 20', maybe 24' or 30'. So it's pretty strange. The reporting marks are CP 8401. (Photo by Ed McCaslin)
L.A. Harbor Department crane maintenance support container. This one is probably a water-filled container for use in calibrating crane lift scales. (Photos by Michael McGowen)
This appears to be a crane test weight container. (Photo by Michael McGowen)
Here is a crane lift scale test container for APM Terminals: SEAU 199000 view 1 view 2. (Photos by Charles Fox)
MalTainers:
A Maltainer container. (Photo by Alan Morris)
Looks similar to the Alberta Wheat Pool Graintainers. Anyone know any history of these?
Conex Containers / U.S. Military Specialized Containers
Conex box USA 281423. Conex containers such as these were used by the U.S. military in the 1950s and 1960s. They came in 6' and 8' versions. Several steamship companies also experimented with containers very similar to Conex boxes. (Photo by Michael McGowen)
More old Conex boxes. (Photo by Matt Hannes)
The U.S. military still uses modern versions of the Conex boxes that have the capability of being coupled together in modules for transport with standard ISO containers. Here are two examples of these: USAU Conex module example 1, USAU Conex module example 2. Here are a few more examples of specialized modular containers used by the U.S. military: USAU 0334320 and 0334356, USAU 0334567 and 0334510, USAU 0334593 and 0334628. (USAU photos by Paul Ziemba)
USAU 0810283 and 0810175. (Photo by Charles Fox)
Here are a few examples of modern 6-foot ISO-style containers connected together to make 20-foot modules. USAU 7438202-7435055-7438990, USAU 7438183-7436386-7438373. (Photos by Matt Hannes)
A 20-foot module of USAU containers. (Photo by Michael McGowen)
Additional examples of the modular USAU boxes: USAU 0981054 View 1, View 2. These are built by Sea Box. (Photos by Charles Fox)
Modular boxes in USA service with SBHU prefix: SBHU 0804027 (Photo by Charles Fox)
A group of 6-foot USAU containers. (Photo by Michael McGowen)
6-foot USAU containers in the green flavor. Note the interesting manner that they are being transported here. (Photo by Cor Rood)
Here are some more modular containers which are used to house field electronics. The auxiliary HVAC modules are for cooling of the equipment. M29078 side view, M75240 view 1 and view 2, HVAC equipment, data plate. (Photos by Charles Fox)
Launch Control Center modular container. Here is another view. Used for field control of missiles. (Photos by Michael McGowen)
Two flatbed containers carrying equipment: photo 1, photo 2. (Photos by Charles Fox)
DATO 3995154 potable water tank. Here is a view of the front. (Photos by Michael McGowen)
unidentified specialized 20-foot container (mobile kitchen unit), presumably for the U.S. armed forces. (Photo by Charles Fox)
USAU 0210416. Container folds out to become a shelter. (Photo by Charles Fox)
Unmarked specialized 20-foot modules in U.S. military service: View 1 View 2 (Photos by Charles Fox)
USMU 0175065: View 1 View 2 (Photos by Charles Fox)
Note: The U.S. military also utilizes standard ISO containers such as dry boxes and tanks. Photos of these can be found in the relevant galleries.
Coil Rack Containers
These are specialized coil steel racks that can be inserted into standard 20-foot containers to allow transport of steel coils. Photos courtesy of Hans Tobbe and www.autocontainers.com.
Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) "Haus Zu Haus" Containers
These specialized containers were built for the German DB railway in the 1960s. All photos are courtesy of Peter Vercruijsse.
DB 7120634. Open top container for transport of dry bulk materials.
DB 7130347. Here is another view. It is also an open-top dry bulk container.
DB 7271012. Here is another view. It is an enclosed dry bulk container for food service.
DB 7294016. This is a pressurized tank container.Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) early (pre-ISO) containers
DRXU 0506446, an early small container (size unknown, but stencilled capacity of 10.8 cubic meters). (Photo by Peter J. Flaskamp-Schuffenhauer)
GE Wind Mill Blade containers
Some pictures of specialized containers used by GE to carry wind mill blades, courtesy of Michael McGowen:
Vestas Wind Systems Wind Mill Blade containers
These specialized containers are designed to carry long wind mill blades and are used around Europe. They can be attached together for hauling the oversize blades then folded into 40' units for the empty return trip.
Assembled Vestas wind mill blade container (49 meters long). (Photo by Lorenz Olff)
Empty (folded up into 40' units) wind mill blade containers. (Photo by Jose Manuel Almeida)
A pile of wind mill transport containers for Vestas. (Photo by Charles Fox)
The following series of pictures shows some assembled Vestas containers loaded with wind mill blades. These photos are courtesy of Jose Manuel Almeida:
Weight Capacity Markings and Reporting Marks
Weight Capacity Markings and Reporting Marks
White Pass & Yukon 25' containers
In the 1960s the White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad operated a small fleet of 25'-3" x 8'-0" x 8'-0" containers in conjunction with company-owned ships and barges. As far as I know, this size of container was not shared with any other company.
WPY 3461. Dry van container built by Trailmobile; located in Skagway, AK. (Photo by Norm Hogg)
Santa Fe's "A-Stack" containers
Back in the early 1980s, Santa Fe Railway experimented with a handful of specialized containers designed to carry grain and other bulk commodities in one direction, and general merchandise in the other. The result was the A-Stack, which got its name from the A-shaped cross section. The A-Stack idea never really worked, and the A-Stack containers were scrapped or used as MOW storage units, like the one shown below in Riverside, CA. One is on display at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, CA.
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