trainload

[ treyn-lohd ]

nounRailroads.

the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.
a specified minimum number of loaded cars or tons of cargo necessary to secure a special rate (trainloadrate ).

Origin of trainload

First recorded in 1880–85; train + load

The second measure of effective operation for the production of increasing returns, is concentration in the trainload.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
The trainload is generally adopted today as the unit of operation, measuring the cost of service.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
To raise the average trainload on the Wabash from 196 tons in 1890 to 386 tons in 1908 is also worthy of note.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
The expenses of operation must be more uniformly distributed over the cargo than in the case of a trainload.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. Ripley
It was a trainload of soldiers approaching, like all the others, with an ovation of shouts, acclamations and whistling.
The Enemies of Women | Vicente Blasco Ibez

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