either of the closed or the open type, and, as regards capacity, either of the heavy or the light type.
* Clause 2. The loading capacity of containers must be such that their total weight (load, plus tare) is: 5 t 2 lk=on for containers of the heavy type; 2.5 t 2 for containers of the light type; a tolerance of 5 percent excess on the total weight is allowable under the same conditions as for wagon loads.

In April 1935 BIC established a second standard for European containers:

From 1926 to 1947 in the U.S., the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railway

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