Mini freight train

14.07.2013 09:05

Mini freight train

1) Freight train system, currently under trials in the UK with Exel, which uses small electro-diesel multiple (ie freight multiple units - FMUs) rail units. More flexible than full-scale freight trains.

It carries standard containers with loads up to 160 tonnes (ie five large lorry-load equivalents) at up to 75 mph. See also Cargo-Sprinter.

Source: David Lowe. The Dictionary of Transport and Logistics. Kogan Page, 2002. – P.157 (288 p.)




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