freight rail
Goods-hauling locomotives
Freight rail is the system of transporting goods by train, as opposed to passenger rail.
The term covers the infrastructure, industry, and practice: Most coal still moves by freight rail.
In the U.S., freight rail dominates long-haul shipping of bulk commodities like grain, chemicals, and manufactured goods.
- sidingsAuxiliary rail tracks
- depotsStations or storehouses
- long haulProlonged difficult undertaking
- cross countryEndurance sport over terrain
- locomotivesPowered rail vehicles
warehousing · shipping container · coal trains · shipping · hopper · tank car · double stack · railyards · rolling stock · fuel efficiency · hazardous materials · load capacity · distribution centers · inland waterways · cost-effectiveness · carbon footprint reduction · trains · diesel
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
- rail systemsrailroad, railway, metro, subway, monorail
- rail transporttrain stations, passenger train, commuter train, express train, steam train
- rail traveltrain, trains, train car, station, stations
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
- railshandrail, guardrail, monorail, banister, railing
freight railpassenger rail
Train service for travelers
passenger train · passenger service · commuter rail · Amtrak · high-speed rail
freight railtrucking
Road-based freight shipping
road freight · air freight · air cargo · maritime shipping · ocean freight