Train mile

0.01 sec.

(Railroads)

a unit employed in estimating running expenses, etc., being one of the total number of miles run by all the trains of a road, or system of roads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure; - called also mile run.

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Mile run			The rolling stock fleet is now about 5% larger than it was in 1994, yet it is delivering some 20% more train miles and carrying 60% more passengers. Electric rail cash 'desperately needed' by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales) And the accident rate per train mile is far better than in many countries. Are the shipyards really in decline? by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England) All these changes are summarized by one variable, the ratio of caboose miles to freight train miles, or, approximately, the fraction of freight train miles operated with cabooses. Productivity growth and some of its determinants in the deregulated ... by Keeler, Theodore E. / Southern Economic Journal			trailbreaker trailer trailer aircraft trailer camp trailer park trailer trash trailer truck trailhead trailing trailing arbutus trailing edge trailing four o'clock Trailing spring trailing vortex drag Trailing wheel trailing windmills trailside train train attendant Train Band train depot Train dispatcher train fare train ferry train headway Train mile Train of artillery Train of mechanism train of thought train oil train path Train road train service train set train shed train smash train spotter train station Train tackle train ticket train up train-spotting Trainable trainband trainbandsman trainbearer trained trained nurse trained strength in units trained worker trainee			Train Control Computer Train Control Monitoring System Train Control System Train crash Train crossing Train crossing Train Data Box Train Data Recorder train depot train dispatcher train dispatcher Train Drive Train driver Train Express Regional train fare Train ferry Train ferry train for Train Functional Number Train halt train headway train in train in Train Integrated Management System Train Like a Freak Train Like A Pro, LLC Train Load-Out Train Master Train Simulator Train mile train miles Train Militaire Français de Berlin Train Miniature Sud Beaujolais Train Network Management Train of artillery train of four train of four Train of mechanism train of thought train of thought train of thought train of thought train oil train oil train on train on train on train on train on Train One, Save Many Train operating company Train Operating Condition Train Operator Train Operator Display train path train printer Train Protection & Warning System Train Radio Communication Train Receiver Regulator Train road

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