Ton mile

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(Railroads) A unit of measurement of the freight transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the products obtained by multiplying the aggregate weight of each shipment in tons during the given period by the number of miles for which it is carried.

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Ton mileage ton-mile Traffic mile			Among the findings are that the railroad rate of injuries per ton mile was less in the 1990s than in the 1970s. The deregulation transformation by Bergman, Bruce / Monthly Labor Review Output Variables Our study includes three freight output variables: UTGTM = unit train gross ton miles WTGTM = way train gross ton miles TTGTM = through train gross ton miles Each gross ton mile variable (which includes the weight of the train) is scaled down by a factor of average net ton miles (including only the weight of the freight) to gross ton miles for that category of freight to approximate net ton miles in the given category. Productivity growth and some of its determinants in the deregulated ... by Keeler, Theodore E. / Southern Economic Journal 5 million ton miles a day, so mobility shortfalls will deepen after the requirement is revised upwards. War buildup stresses transportation system: Pentagon must reassess ... by Erwin, Sandra I. / National Defense			Tomium Tomjohn tommy Tommy Atkins tommy bar Tommy gun tommy rough tommyrot Tomnoddy tomogram tomograph tomography tomomania tomophobia Tomopteris Tomorn tomorrow tompion Tompon Tomrig Tomsk Tomtate tomtit tomtom ton Ton mile Ton mileage ton-mile ton-up tonal tonal language tonal pattern tonal system tonalist tonality Tonbridge Tonca bean tondo Tone tone arm tone cluster tone color tone colour tone control tone deafness tone down tone ending tone in tone language tone of voice tone poem			Tomskii, Nikolai Tomskii, Nikolai Vasilevich Tomsoft Diary System Tomson, Aleksandr Tomson, Aleksandr Ivanovich TOMSS TOMT tomtate TOMTC tomtit tomtit tomtit tomtits tomtits TomTom TomTom TomTom (company) Tomtom one TOMUG TOMUS TOMV ton ton ton ton ton ton ton ton carbon Ton Duc Thang Ton mile Ton mileage Ton of air conditioning Ton of air conditioning Ton of Equivalent Petroleum Ton of refrigeration Ton of refrigeration Ton of TNT Ton of TNT Ton petroleum equivalent ton slate Ton that Thuyet Ton that Tung ton(o)- Ton, Konstantin Ton, Konstantin Andreevich ton- ton-kilometer Ton-kin Ton-kin ton-mile ton-mile ton-miles ton-miles ton-up Tona tonadilla tonal tonal Tonal accent

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