Port-to-hub corridors run as one railway: IC track at the ports and on short lines, co-invested track between, every train dispatched by The Brain.
IC starts at the dock. It runs the on-dock yards at IC terminals, buys the short lines that link ports to inland hubs, and co-invests in the long-haul corridors its trains run over.
Each IC terminal loads about seven 3 km trains out and seven in a day. Every box is assigned its train before it leaves the ship.
Terminals →IC buys short lines where they connect ports and inland hubs, and rebuilds them for 120 km/h double-stack trains: ≈ 3,000 route miles.
Track system →On long-haul corridors IC funds sidings, clearances and power in return for running rights. IC trains run over ≈ 20,000 route miles this way.
Hubs refuel hydrogen in 20 minutes, swap boxes between trains and hand them to IC trucks. Refuelling points sit every 400 km along each corridor.
Trucking →Three 6 MW locomotives lead 47 double-stack well cars: 141 wells, 564 TEU, ≈ 7,000 t.
Locomotive →Thirteen supervisors a shift watch the network, about four trains each, and set the next step when a train meets something it cannot settle alone.
IC owns the track where boxes change hands and shares the long-haul track between. The Brain dispatches its trains over both as one railway.
Each line is one train: sloped where it moves, flat where it takes hydrogen. Trains run at 80 km/h between refuelling points 400 km apart and stop 20 minutes at each.
The network runs on IC rolling stock and IC track. Each links to its own page.
Three articulated wells, six 53 ft boxes, ECP brakes and sensors on every bearing.
Well car →The Brain carries the whole network in its digital twin. It solves meets and passes ahead of every train, books the hub slot and the hydrogen, and re-plans the moment the line changes.
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