freight wagon
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffreightandwagon
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freight
noun[U]
uk/freɪt/us/freɪt/
goods, but not passengers, that are carried from one place to another, by ship, aircraft, train, or truck, or the system of transporting ...
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wagon
noun[C]
uk/ˈwæɡ.ən/us/ˈwæɡ.ən/
a vehicle with four wheels, usually pulled by horses or oxen, used for transporting heavy goods, especially in ...
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(Definition offreightandwagonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In ordinary speech, a railfreightwagonis a railway wagon; it is not the container which is on top of it.
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With regard to the power to sell afreightwagon, is it not always clear who is the owner?
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Presumably there is no problem in ascertaining who is the owner of afreightwagon.
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On the other hand,freightwagonbuilding is being reduced somewhat this year, 1958, and similarly next year, 1959.
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The swap-body system, in which the body of afreightwagonis moved on and off a lorry allows for huge growth.
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So far as these figures go, we are told that afreightwagonmakes on an average, thirty-three loaded trips.
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Subsection (2)(c) refers to the introduction of possible provisions for the detention of a particular railfreightwagon.
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Indeed, it has just won the first competitive contract forfreightwagonrepairs, for which 13 companies had tendered.
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What is really outstanding and extremely hard to understand isfreightwagonutilisation.
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The proposed withdrawal is confined to thefreightwagonservice to and from the docks, involving about 10 trains a day.
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If he is travelling in a railwayfreightwagon, one might argue that that is illegal anyway and therefore he should not be there.
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Subsection (2)(c) of the new clause confers the power to detain only a "railfreightwagon".
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Subsection (2)(d) contains the power to sell a detainedfreightwagon.
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It seems to me that the value of a railfreightwagonis likely to be greatly in excess of the penalty for, perhaps unknowingly, bringing in one single person.
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How is he to resolve the matter if he receives an offer to enter a railwayfreightwagon, whatever that may mean or however it may be defined?
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He dropped out of school in 1870 and began working on afreightwagonafter his father became too ill to work.
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They were bundled into afreightwagonand the train set off.
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The depot in latter years was an electric locomotive andfreightwagonrepair workshop, the electric engines receiving everything from minor repairs to complete overhauls at the depot.
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Various design offreightwagoncan adapt the special demand of handling and higher capacity such as 18 ton axle load in the coal and pulp transportation.
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Freight traffic will be speeded up through better marshalling yards and the installation of brakes on freight wagons.
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