local freight

  • 1local freight — Freight shipped from either terminus of a railroad to a way station, or vice versa, or from one way station to another, that is, over a part of the one railroad only. Mobile & Montgomery Railway Co. v Steiner, McGehee & Co. 61 Ala 559, 579 …

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  • 2local 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 …

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  • 3local freight train — See local train …

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  • 4freight — A freight train. The load or cargo carried by a carrier by land or water. The charge or hire for a carrier s services in the transportation and delivery of property, 48 Am J1st Ship § 424; it is in such sense that the term appears in a marine… …

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  • 5Freight railways in Melbourne — Line details Stations None Tracks Both broad, standard and dual gauge …

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  • 6Freight quality partnerships — or FQPs are groups of transport operators and local authorities that come together to tackle the issues around freight access and deliveries in a particular location. FQPs are regarded as best practice by the… …

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  • 7Local — Lo cal, n. 1. (Railroad) A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. [U.S.] 2. In newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper …

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  • 8Freight bicycle — Traditional Dutch cargo tricycle or bakfiets …

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  • 9Freight Conductor — A freight conductor is a person who is employed by a railroad. The freight conductor is the lead employee assigned to a freight train, and is responsible for the smooth operation of the assignment. Freight conductors specialties 1) Yard Foreman A …

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  • 10freight — 01. We had to pay more in [freight] to have our books delivered than the cost of the books themselves. 02. In 1914, a British passenger ship collided with a Norwegian [freighter] in the St. Lawrence River, killing over 1,000 people. 03. In a… …

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