gondola: A lightweight narrow barge with ends that curve up into a point and often a small cabin in the middle, propelled with a single oar from the stern and used on the canals of Venice.
The meaning of this proposal is not to reduce the loading of gondola cars, but, namely, to reduce the weight of the gondola car to increase its carrying capacity. This proposal to reduce traction energy consumption while reducing the weight of the gondola car is simple. However, reducing the...