"wagon" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- This system uses hopper wagons which carry around 914 tonnes of coal each.
- Other wagon types included flat wagons, vans, tarpaulin wagons, tank and hopper wagons, as well as three cranes.
- Following the trial, National Power ordered a further five locomotives and a fleet of hopper wagons to carry coal and limestone.
- Unlike normal hopper wagons, however, their discharge cannot be controlled and the entire load must be dropped.
- One example is the large coal-fired power station in Mannheim where coal is delivered by rail in long trains of self-discharging hopper wagons.
- Today, however, most coal and aggregates are moved in hopper wagons that can be filled and discharged rapidly, to enable efficient handling of the materials.
- Two four-wheeled hopper wagons, builder unknown, ex La Mine Orne.
- One four-wheeled hopper wagon, ex SNCF, standard gauge.
- As a general rule, a hopper wagon involves an open frame with sloped sheets, giving a wider area at the top and a smaller area at the bottom.
- Three trains of twenty hopper wagons each were made up, with a Class WT locomotive at each end.
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