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Hbillns wagon with sliding sides in ITL’s green livery Commonwealth Oil Corporation goods wagon in Australia. Goods wagons or freight wagons [1] (North America: freight cars), [2] also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo.
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This wagon is an articulated wagon with three two-axle bogies. The 270 wagons built exclusively for the DB as combination wagons are partly pure 106 ? ft [clarification needed] container wagons with a loading length of 16,100 mm (52 ft 9 + 7 ⁄ 8 in) and partly similar to the T3 pocket wagon section. The type 739 is approved for 140 km/h (87 ...
Freight wagons were used for the overland hauling of freight and bulk commodities. [8] They were not designed for transporting people and were not built for comfort. Many were constructed without a driver's seat or bench, leaving the driver to walk alongside the wagon or ride atop of one of the horses.
Wagon separate wheelsets and loading area 22–27 m 2 (240–290 sq ft) T: Wagon with separate wheelsets and length over 12 m (39 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) G, T: Bogie wagon with loading length of 18 m (59 ft 5 ⁄ 8 in) or more H: Bogie wagon with loading length 18–22 m (59 ft 5 ⁄ 8 in – 72 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) K: Bogie wagon with long stakes: L, S
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Wagonload freight was still loss making in 1965 despite the closures – making a loss of £40 million (from a £54million loss in 1961). No improvement in profitability had been achieved by 1966, despite the economies, and in part exacerbated by the cuts. [11] In 1967 wagonload freight produced two thirds of British Rail's freight revenue ...
Dwiki Dharmawan in 2013. During his 40-year career, the Indonesian pop songwriter Dwiki Dharmawan wrote many songs, either by himself or in collaboration with others. He made his breakout with his song "Gemilang" which he co-wrote with film producer Mira Lesmana, released in the late 1980s.