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2. Trailer-on-flatcar - Wikipedia

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   Trailer on flatcar, also known as TOFC or piggyback, is the practice of carrying semi-trailers on railroad flatcars. TOFC allows for shippers to move truckloads long distances more cheaply than can be done by having each trailer towed by a truck, since one train can carry more than 100 trailers at once. [ 1 ]

3. Flatcar - Wikipedia

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   Spine car with one pup trailer. A flatcar (US) (also flat car, [1] or flatbed) is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on trucks (US) or bogies (UK) at each end. Occasionally, flat cars designed to carry extra heavy or extra large loads are mounted on a pair (or rarely, more) of bogies under each end.

4. Flat tire - Wikipedia

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   The most common cause of a flat tire is the puncturing of the tire by a sharp object, such as a nail or pin, letting the air escape. Depending on the size of the blowout, the tire may deflate slowly or rapidly. [1] A flat tire in a busy district in Lagos, Nigeria. A vehicle with a flat tire can cause local delays in traffic.

5. Flat tire facts and guide - AOL

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   Spare or donut tire: Although many car manufacturers now include a short-term donut tire with new cars, a few still include a full-size spare tire. It is usually located in the trunk or under the ...

6. Flatbed truck - Wikipedia

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   These spread axles take a far wider turning radius, and if turning the combination tractor/trailer too sharply, the front axle tires of the trailer may damage the road/parking lot surface, or pop a tire off of the rim, or both. Some trailers have the capability of lifting or lowering the front axle independently to mitigate this risk.

7. Flat wagon - Wikipedia

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   Flat wagons for carrying timber: the Class Snps 719 (front) and the Class Roos-t 642 (behind). Flat wagons (sometimes flat beds, flats or rail flats, US: flatcars), as classified by the International Union of Railways (UIC), are railway goods wagons that have a flat, usually full-length, deck (or 2 decks on car transporters) and little or no superstructure.