Sentence examples for fast freight from inspiring English sources

Fast freight raedae were drawn by 8 horses in summer and 10 in winter and, by law, could not haul in excess of 750 pounds (340 kilograms).

In our mind's eye, there arises a small-town 19th century Carolina railroad station & a row of freckle-faced boys in overalls, their bare feet dangling from the baggage truck, watching in awe as the fast freight to Charleston thunders by.

"Now, with trains full of soldiers and supplies rather than pale ale, perhaps people far from the great breweries will turn again to their local beer factories, and discover, as their fathers did 30 years ago, that a beer carried quietly three miles is better than one shot across 3,000 on a fast freight".

In September 2009, Zhang Shuguang, the deputy chief engineer of the railway ministry, said in a speech that the government planned 42 lines by 2012, with 5,000 miles of track for passenger trains that travel at 215 miles per hour and 3,000 miles of track for passenger and fast freight trains traveling at 155 miles per hour.

Zhang Shuguang, the deputy chief engineer of China's railway ministry, said in a speech last September that the government planned 42 lines by 2012, with 5,000 miles of track for passenger trains at 215 miles an hour and 3,000 miles of track for passenger and fast freight trains traveling 155 miles an hour.

Smaller diameter wheels gave better traction, essential for a fast freight locomotive.

Whatever talent I have for writing lies in being friends with my head: I know its vagaries, its twists and turns, its hobo journeys in fast freights, riding the blinds to unknown destinations.

In peacetime, the class was occasionally used on fast freights from Southampton Docks, although it was common to see them at the head of freight and troop trains during the Second World War.

More efficient timetable planning: e.g. double track - bundling of trains with the same average speed in the timetable channels and daytime operation of faster freight trains.

He has floated a proposal to build a new fast-freight line between Melbourne and Brisbane, but he is still short of the A$3 billion ($2.2 billion) he says such a line would cost.

Each big city has a few local fast-freight companies, and recently specialized e-commerce companies like Sky Box Services allow Latin Americans to have Internet purchases sent to an address in the United States.