block train

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English[edit]

A block train of logs in Switzerland

Noun[edit]

block train (plural block trains)

  1. (rail transport) A freight train that carries only one commodity.
    • 1964 March, “News and Comment: More block trains in South Wales”, in Modern Railways, page 152:
      Steel billet traffic in block trains from Briton Ferry to Langley Green has developed from an initial service of one train three times a week [...]. In addition, plans are now being formulated for the operation of numerous block trains formed exclusively of the new 32.4-ton BR brake-fitted hopper wagons, permanently coupled, from South Wales collieries to Swansea Docks, [...].

References[edit]

block train on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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