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  2. Dumbwaiter - Wikipedia

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    A simple dumbwaiter is a movable frame in a shaft, dropped by a rope on a pulley, guided by rails; most dumbwaiters have a shaft, cart, and capacity smaller than those of passenger elevators, usually 45 to 450 kg (100 to 992 lbs.) [2] Before electric motors were added in the 1920s, dumbwaiters were controlled manually by ropes on pulleys.

  3. Elevator - Wikipedia

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    A passenger elevator is designed to move people between a building's floors. Passenger elevators capacity is related to the available floor space. Generally passenger elevators in buildings of eight floors or fewer are hydraulic or electric, which can reach speeds up to 1 m/s (200 ft/min) hydraulic and up to 3 m/s (500 ft/min) electric.

  4. Route capacity - Wikipedia

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    Gondola lift, Hanover, 2000 Passenger Capacity of different Transport Modes. Route capacity is the maximum number of vehicles, people, or amount of freight than can travel a given route in a given amount of time, usually an hour.

  5. Cargo aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The Vickers Vernon, introduced in 1921, was the first cargo plane for military troops The Arado Ar 232, the first purpose built cargo aircraft A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules, the archetypal military transport aircraft, over the Atlantic Ocean in 2014 The Antonov An-225 Mriya, the heaviest cargo aircraft

  6. Cargo - Wikipedia

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    LTL shipments range from 50 to 7,000 kg (110 to 15,430 lb), being less than 2.5 to 8.5 m (8 ft 2.4 in to 27 ft 10.6 in) the majority of times. The average single piece of LTL freight is 600 kg (1,323 lb) and the size of a standard pallet. Long freight and/or large freight are subject to extreme length and cubic capacity surcharges.

  7. Roll-on/roll-off - Wikipedia

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    Roll-on/Roll-off car carrying ship being boarded by articulated haulers at the Port of Baltimore RoRo ports and inland waterways of the United States. Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...

  8. List of countries by rail usage - Wikipedia

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    230,000 km (140,000 mi) were in Asia and used for both freight and passenger service. [1] In America and Europe, many low-fare airlines and motorways compete with rail for passenger traffic. Asia has experienced a large growth in high-speed rail: its 257bn passenger-kilometres represent 72% of total world high-speed rail passenger traffic. [1]

  9. Loading gauge - Wikipedia

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    Indian Railways has a maximum passenger loading gauge of 3,660 mm (12 ft 0 in) [51] and a freight loading gauge of 3,250 mm, with development allowing a width of 3,710 mm (12 ft 2 in). [ 52 ] Sri Lanka Railways has a loading gauge of between 3,200 mm (10 ft 6 in) and 4,267 mm (14 ft 0 in).