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In the US and Canada the term carload refers to a single car of any kind, and manifest train refers to trains made of diverse cars of freight. With competition from road transport rail freight transport is increasingly operated as unit trains , with wagonload less able to compete with road haulage.
The Camp Chase Industrial Railroad has been marketed under the name Camp Chase Railroad beginning around 2009. On September 30, 2015, Carload Express, Inc. announced that its Camp Chase Railroad Company has sold its line of railroad to Camp Chase Railway Company, LLC; a wholly owned subsidiary of Indiana Boxcar Corporation.
Less-than-carload freight is any load that does not fill a boxcar or box motor or less than a Boxcar load. [citation needed] Historically in North America, trains might be classified as either way freight or through freight. A way freight generally carried less-than-carload shipments to/from a location, whose origin/destination was a rail ...
The M250 series (M250系, M250-kei), branded "Super Rail Cargo", is a freight electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Japan Freight Railway (JR Freight) in Japan. It entered service in 2004 with the objective of reducing emissions and carrying general freight for small package forwarders (such as special delivery services).
It served as the slower limited express compared to the Super Hitachi. From the start of the revised timetable on 17 March 2012, new 10-car E657 series EMUs were introduced on Fresh Hitachi services, operating alongside existing 651 series and E653 series sets, [ 8 ] and as of 16 March 2013, all services are operated using E657 series EMUs.
The Super Kamui service commenced on 1 October 2007. [8] Prior to this, two limited express trains, the Lilac and the Super White Arrow , ran on the same route between Sapporo and Asahikawa. These were integrated and remodeled into one service at the same time as the ageing 781 series EMUs previously used on Lilac services were withdrawn.
Super Matsukaze KiHa 187 series on a Super Matsukaze service in March 2024 Overview Service type Limited express Status Operational First service 2001 Current operator(s) JR West Route Termini Tottori, Yonago Masuda Stops 19 Distance travelled 191.5 km (119.0 mi) (Yonago - Masuda) 284.2 km (176.6 mi) (Tottori - Masuda) Average journey time 4 hours approx Service frequency 7 return workings ...
The JRA operates and manages an asphalt plant in Johannesburg. [6] [7] The plant opened due to a shortage in asphalt and the ongoing problem of potholes in Johannesburg. [8] [9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the plant shut down temporarily and reopened in April 2021. [10] [11]