Freight Railway
Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons (International Union of Railways) hauled by one or more locomotives on a railway, transporting cargo all or some of the way between the shipper and the intended destination as part of the logistics chain. Trains may haul bulk material, intermodal containers, general freight or specialized freight in purpose-designed cars. Rail freight practices and economics vary by country and region. When considered in terms of ton-miles or tonne-kilometers hauled per unit of energy consumed, rail transport can be more efficient than other means of transportation. Maximum economies are typically realized with bulk commodities (e.g., coal), especially when hauled over long distances. However, shipment by rail is not as flexible as by the highway, which has resulted in much freight being haul ...
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WCML Freight Train
WCML may refer to: * WCML (TV), a television station (channel 24, virtual 6) licensed to serve Alpena, Michigan, United States * WCML-FM, a radio station (91.7 FM) licensed to serve Alpena, Michigan * West Coast Main Line, one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom * Women's Caucus for the Modern Languages, an allied organization of the Modern Language Association * Working Class Movement Library, a collection of English-language material relating institutions of the working class {{Disambiguation, callsign ...
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