I'd say they're some sort of all-purpose vessel," Dax responded, "passenger or freight, though from what I can read of their holds, they aren't carrying much of either.

The average load was about 77 tons per train, while the total freight carried over two winters was 35,000 tons.

Competition from motorised buses ended passenger services in 1927, but freight carried on until 1966 when it was cut as part of the Beeching Axe.

The line through the former station still exists but in spite of attempts at passenger re-opening carries only freight for the Royal Portbury Dock.

Passengers and freight carried.

The freight carried in trucks surged 80 percent in the 1990's and to 65 percent of all freight, according to the American Trucking Association.

Any additional freight had to be offloaded at Warehouse Point on the east bank and warehoused for later transport or carried around the falls by ox teams.

In addition to passenger traffic, freight carried on the Goomburra line included dairy products, timber and seasonal grain but its justification did not last.

It supported seven northbound and seven southbound trains each day; some carried freight and others carried passengers.

The main freight carried was sugar beet and phosphates.