Rail transportation is one of the most popular types of product delivery worldwide. In turn, this work can be done by the so-called freight train, which is a group of several freight cars moved by a locomotive.
Separation
To date, there is the following classification of this type of transport. So, a freight train can be:
- Fast freight.
- Refrigerated.
- Used to transport animals.
- To transport perishable groups of goods.
The freight train is also divided into:
- Through - rides without processing through one or more technical stations.
- Precinct.
- Prefabricated - brings wagons to various intermediate stations.
- Combined gear.
- Export - takes out cars from individual stations.
In addition, the freight train in its dimensions can be:
- Long-piece freight - its length exceeds the maximum permissible norm by at least one car, which is approved on the route following a special schedule.
- Heavy - its weight exceeds one hundred or more tons of the fixed rate in this section of the following schedule.
- Increased mass - the weight of the train exceeds six thousand tons.
- Increased length - in such a train there are three hundred and fifty or more axles.
- Double freight. In fact, these are two freight trains coupled together and equipped with two operating locomotives on each side.
Naming
In the United States of America, there is a tradition according to which individual freight trains are given their own names. Often, these trains transport greens and fruits from places of their cultivation to large consumption centers or processing points. The speed of the freight train in this case is quite high and tied to a clear schedule. Wagons in this composition are refrigerated. Outside they are adverted.