less-than-carload freight
1less-than-carload — adjective : insufficient in weight to fill a freight car and therefore not qualifying for a carload rate abbr. LCL …
2Less than container load — (LCL) is a shipment that is not large enough to fill a standard cargo container.Less Than Carload or Less Than Container Load is a quantity of cargo less than that required for the application of a carload rate. A quantity of cargo less than that …
3freight forwarder — One who in the ordinary course of business assembles and consolidates small shipments into a single lot and assumes responsibility for transportation of such property from point of receipt to point of destination. Mercury Motor Express, Inc. v.… …
4freight forwarder — One who in the ordinary course of business assembles and consolidates small shipments into a single lot and assumes responsibility for transportation of such property from point of receipt to point of destination. Mercury Motor Express, Inc. v.… …
5Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot Freight House and Train Shed — Coordinates: 44°58′47″N 93°15′44″W / 44.97972°N 93.26222°W / 44.97972; 93.26222 …
6local freight — noun : a freight train performing local services including picking up and setting out cars, switching, and loading and unloading less than carload freight at way stations …
7carload — /kahr lohd /, n. 1. the amount carried by a car, esp. a freight car. 2. the legal minimum weight entitling a railroad shipper to a rate (carload rate) lower than that charged for less than this weight. [1850 55, Amer.; CAR1 + LOAD] * * * …
8package freight — noun : freight shipped in less than carload lots and billed by the piece …
9merchandise freight — noun : goods in less than carload lots for expedited movement in merchandise trains …
10Freight rail transport — For the children s book by Donald Crews, see Freight Train (book); for the song by Elizabeth Cotten, see Freight Train (song); for the album by Alan Jackson, see Freight Train (album). American freight service …
