铁路运输术语(Common railroad terms )

铁路运输术语（Common railroad terms ）铁路运输术语（Common railroad terms ）Boxcar - an enclosed car used

for general service

and especially for lading which must be protected

from weather.

Bulk transfer - the transfer of bulk products, such

as plastic pellets or liquid sweeteners, from one

mode of transportation to another. Bulk transfer permits

off-rail shippers and receivers of varied commodities to

combine rails long-haul efficiencies with trucks convenient

door-to-door delivery.

Capitalized costs - expenditures that have future benefit

and thus are recorded as assets.

Car utilization - ways to measure railcar productivity.

Among the measures are how much freight a car hauled and

how many trips it made in a specified period of time.

Carload - a shipment of not fewer than five tons of one

commodity.

Class I railroad - a railroad having operating revenues

of more than $256.4 million annually.

Conductor - the individual responsible for the safe and

proper management of the train.

Connecting carrier - a railroad with a physical connection