Sentence examples for freight control from inspiring English sources

In the late 20th century routes were expanded, extended, and modernized, including the addition of high-speed lines and computerized booking and freight control systems.

In addition, operations and infrastructure are vertically separated in Europe, while in the U.S. the majority of operations (mainly freight) are controlled by the same corporations who own the infrastructure.

A major reason trains run late, Amtrak says, is that almost all of its tracks are owned and operated by freight railroads, which control scheduling.

Increasingly, one observes efforts to measure and control freight movements within city centers.

The railroads were fighting fiercely for traffic and, in an attempt to create a cartel to control freight rates, formed the South Improvement Company in collusion with Standard and other oil men outside the main oil centers.

His job involved constant battling with local labor unions, especially the teamsters and the longshoremen, who controlled freight transportation.

Out-of-state bankers owned their mortgages, Minneapolis financiers and industrialists owned all the elevators and mills, the railroad tycoons controlled freight costs, and together they thwarted competition for the state's lucrative wheat market.

The crossings, many of which are on track shared by passenger and freight railroads, are controlled by a mix of private companies and public agencies.

And they control the freight that goes on the planes.

Four weeks ago, the situation was so out of control that freight traffic had to be halted for three days.

The passenger trains therefore control where freight trains can be added to the system during the day.