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TRAIN TYPES & CARS

TRAIN TYPES & CARS. UNIT TRAIN. Haul a single item (freight or commodity) such as coal, automobiles, gravel or grain Use the same type of car Run between two points Deliver their freight to one destination Saves time and money – NO SORTING. MIXED FREIGHT TRAIN. Carries a variety of freight

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TRAIN TYPES & CARS

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  1. TRAIN TYPES & CARS

  2. UNIT TRAIN Haul a single item (freight or commodity) such as coal, automobiles, gravel or grain Use the same type of car Run between two points Deliver their freight to one destination Saves time and money – NO SORTING

  3. MIXED FREIGHT TRAIN Carries a variety of freight Use all types of freight cars Different cars go to different places SO – the mixed freight goes through a classification yard to sort out cars

  4. INTERMODAL TRAIN Use flatcars – all-purpose, center beam bulkhead, bulkhead and depressed center Carries intermodal containers and piggyback trailers (variety of freight) Unloaded by intermodal cranes or large overhead container forklifts SO – very easy transfer to other carriers

  5. Passenger Flatcar – all purpose Flatcar – center beam bulkhead Flatcar – bulkhead Flatcar – depressed center Boxcar Refrigerated Boxcar Covered Hopper Open Top Hopper Mill Gondola Tankcar Specialized Livestock Industrial waste Nuclear waste Automobiles TYPES OF CARS

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