Gross ton-mile: The total weight of cars and their lading when moving over a distance of one mile. Haulage: This term describes a railroad's traffic hauled by another railroad between two points. The hauling railroad derives no earnings or profits from the movement. ...
2. Car Capacity: Cubic foot capacity of a railcar with the exception of a flat car. The nominal car capacity refers to numeric capacity, in thousands of pounds, as stenciled on the car and defined by the AAR. 3. Line or track Capacity: Maximum number of trains that can operate safely ...
Roadway grade shall not exceed 10% and shall terminate at the sub-ballast elevation. The roadway shall have sufficient width to provide for one 13 foot wide road, drainage ditch and shoulder. The turnaround pad and roadway shall be sloped to drain away from the track and carry the water ...
lightweight train-set (a permanently coupled, invariable set of vehicles with inbuilt traction) enabled engineering of the infrastructure with gradients as steep as 3.5 percent, thereby minimizing earthwork costs, without detriment to maintenance of a 270-km- (168-mile-) per hour maximum speed. A...