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2. Extreme Trains - Wikipedia

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   Library Journal recommended the DVD set, with reviewer Lawrence Maxted commending Matt Bown's enthusiasm and "solid job of explaining rail operations." Maxted said the show featured "superb camerawork" and "dramatic background music", adding that the show would be "coveted by rail fans and of interest to general viewers". [ 2 ]

3. Freight train - Wikipedia

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   A unit train with cargo from a quarry in the United Kingdom A tank car in Germany, used to carry liquids and gases. Freight trains carry cargo in freight cars, also known as goods wagons, which are unpowered and designed to carry various types of goods. Different types of freight cars may be used by a train, such as: Boxcar; Tank Car; Hopper Car

4. Rail freight transport - Wikipedia

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   A Class 92 hauled container freight train on the West Coast Main Line, United Kingdom A long grain train of the Union Pacific Railroad crossing a bridge in Washington state, United States Freight trains wait for departure in Zhengzhou, China. Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.

5. Super C (freight train) - Wikipedia

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   The Super C was an American high-speed intermodal freight train on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from 1968 to 1976. Dubbed the " World's Fastest Freight Train ," the all-TOFC ( trailer-on-flatcar , or "piggyback") and COFC ( container -on-flatcar) train ran about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles ...

6. Double-stack rail transport - Wikipedia

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   A container train passing through Jacksonville, Florida, with 53 ft (16.15 m) containers used for shipments within North America. Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers.

7. Great American Railroad Journeys - Wikipedia

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   Great American Railroad Journeys is a BBC travel documentary series presented by Michael Portillo and broadcast on BBC Two. [1] Using an 1879 copy of Appleton's Guidebook to the railroads of the United States and Canada, Portillo travels across the United States and Canada primarily by train, though at times using other forms of transportation where necessary.

8. Intermodal railfreight in Great Britain - Wikipedia

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   Freight-train formations. Hersham, Surrey: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3447-1. Ratcliffe, David (2012b). Freight-train formations in colour for the modeller and historian. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3447-1. Ratcliffe, David (2019a). The changing face of railfreight; fifty years of freight transition. Horncastle: Mortons Media.

9. Dudding Hill line - Wikipedia

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   The Victorian Super Outer Circle route. The Dudding Hill Line is the curved line at the top-left. The line was opened through open countryside on 1 October 1868 (goods) and 3 August 1875 (passengers) as the Midland and South Western Junction Railway, [2] as part of the Midland Railway's extension to London.