物流师考试综合辅导:铁路运输术语(Commonrailroadterms)(2)
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railroad’s tracks.
Hopper - an open-top car with pockets, or hoppers,
opening on the underside of the car for unloading bulk
commodities.
Hump yard - a regional gathering point where freight is
classified and forwarded to final destinations. The three
components are a receiving yard, a classification yard
in which railcars are pushed over a hump to various
classification tracks and a forwarding yard.
Intermodal service - freight moving via at least two
different modes of transport. Intermodal service
generally involves the shipment of containers and
trailers by rail, truck, barge, or ship.
Lading - freight or cargo making up a shipment. 来源:www.examda.com
Less-than-truckload (LTL) - the quantity of freight
that’s less than that required for application of a
trailerload rate.
Line capacity - the maximum number of trains that can
operate safely and reliably over a given segment of
track during a given period of time.
Line-haul service - the movement over the tracks of a
carrier from one city to another, not including the
switching service.
Main line - primary rail line over which trains operate
between terminals. It excludes sidings, and yard and
industry tracks.
Multilevel car - a long flatcar designed with one or
more deck levels in addition to the car’s main deck;
used to haul new automobiles and trucks.
Net ton-mile - the movement of a ton of freight one mile.
Operating ratio - the percentage of revenues that goes
into operating the railroad. It is calculated by dividing
railway operating expenses by railway operating revenues.
Return on equity - net income divided by average
stockholders’ equity.
Revenue ton-mile - the movement of a ton of freight
one mile for revenue.
Right-of-way - the property owned by a railroad over
which tracks have been laid.
Subsidiary - a company owned by another company that
controls a majority of its stock.
Switching - movement of freight cars between two nearby
locations or trains. Switching is a term typically
associated with activities that occur in a railcar
classification yard or terminal.
Terminal - a railroad facility used for handling
freight and the receiving, classifying, assembling
and dispatching of trains.
