Mixed-traffic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mixed-traffic is an adjective meaning (rail transport) Of a railway, one that caters for both passenger and freight traffic.
Meaning
(rail transport) Of a railway, one that caters for both passenger and freight traffic.
More Meanings
- (rail transport) Of a locomotive, one intended for both passenger and freight trains.
Example Sentences
The first of a class of powerful mixed-traffic electric locomotives have already been delivered and are undergoing tests on a special four-mile oval test track near Peking.
Thirty mixed-traffic 4-8-2 locomotives recently completed by the Vulcan Foundry Limited for the 3 ft. 6 in. gauge Gold Coast Government Railway have all their axles, big ends, and coupling and eccentric rods fitted with British Timken roller bearings.
But it is the joy of running Britain's railways that we are the busiest mixed-traffic railway probably in the world, and the way we've ended up interacting freight and different classes of passenger traffic does mean that it's very hard to give anyone priority - [...]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multitrack, double-track, four-tracked, double-headed, twin-track, multi-aspect.
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