rail freight
Goods by locomotive
Rail freight is the transportation of goods by train, as opposed to trucking, shipping, or air cargo.
The term covers both the service and the goods themselves: Rail freight is cheaper for bulk commodities, The rail freight arrived damaged.
Heavy, low-value cargo like coal, grain, and lumber moves predominantly by rail freight.
- coal trainLocomotive hauling mined fuel
- boxcarEnclosed rail freight carrier
- hopper carRail car with discharge chutes
- cargoTransported goods
- marshalling yardRail facility for sorting cars
shipment · intermodal · containerization · logistics · rolling stock · diesel locomotives · tonnage · tracks · derailment · transportation · yard · flatcar · diesel · long haul · tanker · double stack · coupling · terminal
- cargocargo, shipment, payload, goods, general cargo
- logisticsshipping, delivery, warehouses, warehousing, shipment
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, package, merchant ships
- shipping & transporttruck, semi, cargo ship, container ship, tanker
- shipping methodsexpress shipping, overnight delivery, air cargo, courier service, overnight mail
- freightcargo, cargo ships, cargo ship, cargo planes, cargo trains
rail freighttrucking
Road-based freight shipping
road freight · air freight · air cargo · ocean freight · sea freight
rail freightair freight
Goods shipped by aircraft
express shipping · overnight delivery · same-day delivery · air cargo · expedited shipping
rail freightpassenger rail
Train service for travelers
passenger train · rail travel · commuter rail · intercity rail · high-speed rail
rail, freight, railing, railway, rails, monorail, railways, derailed, freighter