trainload

[ treyn-lohd ]

noun

, Railroads.

1. the cargo or passenger capacity of a train.
2. a specified minimum number of loaded loaded cars or tons of cargo necessary to secure a special rate trainloadrate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trainload¹

First recorded in 1880–85; train + load

Example Sentences

The second measure of effective operation for the production of increasing returns, is concentration in the trainload.

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The trainload is generally adopted today as the unit of operation, measuring the cost of service.

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To raise the average trainload on the Wabash from 196 tons in 1890 to 386 tons in 1908 is also worthy of note.

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The expenses of operation must be more uniformly distributed over the cargo than in the case of a trainload.

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It was a trainload of soldiers approaching, like all the others, with an ovation of shouts, acclamations and whistling.

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