A line of freight cars, two miles in length, stood upon the railway.
For the freight cars of that day, ten tons made a load, and with the light locomotives and iron rails then in use, twenty or thirty cars made a full train.
He found a pile of old bagging in one end of the freight car and sat down to rest.
The coach in which Henry sat was attached to the end of a long string of freight cars.
The three of them walked down the tracks where the freight cars had stood before being hauled away.
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Because the car was supplied by the contracting railroad, it was usually of the cheapest possible construction, often being a retooled woodenfreightcar.
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It also providesfreightcarmanagement services (information and accounting).
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No one was hurt, but fourfreightcarloads of freight were already on board, and these were also destroyed.
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The boxcar, while not the simplestfreightcardesign, is probably the most versatile, since it can carry most loads.
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Freightcardesign was still in flux in the early part of the 20th century.
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If the player uncouples the neededfreightcaron the hill, it will automatically roll quickly to whichever siding the player is switched to.
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The railroad had only one locomotive, onefreightcar, and one passenger car.
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Afreightcar, weighing 36000lb kg was thrown 0.75mi km.
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The product line included locomotive kits, passenger andfreightcarkits, track and detail parts.
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Monikers are the names or drawings on the sides of afreightcaron freight trains.
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Cabooses are nonrevenue equipment and were often improvised or retained well beyond the normal lifetime of afreightcar.
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Other subsidiaries offer locomotive andfreightcarleasing to its own railroads and to third parties, and alsofreightcarcleaning.
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She hides in afreightcarand a misstep sends the otherwise-empty train out of the station with the lever pushed to full speed.
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The case addressed liability issues after a defectivefreightcarinjured a worker.
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Revenue perfreightcarmoved almost doubled between 1953 and 1967 but operating expenses perfreightcarmoved tripled in this period.
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