pack train
Burden-bearing animal line
A pack train is a line of animals—typically mules, horses, or donkeys—carrying goods over terrain where wheeled vehicles can't go.
Pack trains supplied remote mining camps, military outposts, and mountain settlements before roads existed: The pack train wound its way up the narrow canyon.
The term persists in historical contexts and for backcountry expeditions.
- muleEquine hybrid, often sterile
- burroSmall domesticated donkey
- donkeyLong-eared equine
- caravanTraveling group with goods
- single fileOne-person-wide formation
trail · backcountry trail · mountain · mountain pass · high country · supplies · cargo · panniers · supply line · prospector · gold rush · wilderness · expedition · provisions · rugged · rough terrain · saddle · loaded
- Frontier Transportcovered wagon, stagecoach, prairie schooner, Conestoga wagon, oxcart
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- haulinghaul, haulage, tow, lug, heave
pack trainwagon train
Pioneers' covered convoy
freight train · truck convoy · cargo ship · wheeled transport · oxcart
pack trainwagon train
Pioneers' covered convoy
wagon · stagecoach · railroad · truck convoy · semi-truck
pack trainwagon train
Pioneers' covered convoy
freight truck · cargo ship · freight train · railroad · cart
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