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<p>Railways of Australia Container Express or RACE was a slightly wider version of the standard <a href="/facts/International_Organization_for_Standardization/IacYR7Yg">ISO</a> shipping <a href="/facts/Intermodal_container/797lTKzR">container</a> able to take 2 <a href="/facts/Australia_Standard_Pallets/9R9V161B">Australia Standard Pallets</a> side by side. More than 1,000 units were operated by the <a href="/facts/Railways_of_Australia/Hyr4tHnD">Railways of Australia</a>, an association of the government-owned railways which comprised <a href="/facts/Australian_National_Railways_Commission/fYsDVr9D">Australian National</a>, the <a href="/facts/State_Rail_Authority/6QDHp9R1">State Rail Authority</a> of <a href="/facts/New_South_Wales/aW7eJXSS">New South Wales</a>, <a href="/facts/Queensland_Rail/wfrFlzyu">Queensland Railways</a>, the <a href="/facts/Victoria_(Australia)/76P2nqtz">Victorian</a> <a href="/facts/State_Transport_Authority_(Victoria)/YW5oJbLf">State Transport Authority</a> and <a href="/facts/Westrail/mPQrGjx5">Westrail</a>. These entities operated in Australia prior to privatisation of freight services.
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