Vehicles & Equipment
The official term in Great Britain and the EU for heavy trucks weighing more than 3.5 tons.
LGV (Large Goods Vehicle)
Moving freight using multiple transport modes under one contract with one carrier
multimodal
Individual wagons transported and sorted at rail yards; slower but more flexible than block trains
Single-wagon
A removable truck body that can be quickly moved from one chassis to another or left on supports.
swap-body
Another term for intermodal or multimodal freight movement
Combined transport
A train that goes directly from origin to destination without stopping to re-sort wagons; very efficient
block train
A special adjustable device on a crane that grips the container by the corner fittings for lifting.
spreader
A method of transporting truck trailers on railroad flatcars, often described as "riding on the back" of a train.
piggyback
The maximum size of a rail vehicle and its cargo that can fit through tunnels and past trackside obstacles
rail loading gauge