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CAN AUTOWAGON BEAT THE LORRY

B. Mellitt

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Trainload freight is fully competitive with road in Britain but wagonloads are not, mainly because of marshalling costs and delays. The author points out that these would be eliminated if selfpropelled-unmanned wagons moved direct between a large number of automated terminals, giving good penetration into the market for high-value manufactured goods now almost entirely moved by road.

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Trainload freight is fully competitive with road in Britain but wagonloads are not, mainly because of marshalling costs and delays. The author points out that these would be eliminated if selfpropelled-unmanned wagons moved direct between a large number of automated terminals, giving good penetration into the market for high-value manufactured goods now almost entirely moved by road.

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Trainload freight is fully competitive with road in Britain but wagonloads are not, mainly because of marshalling costs and delays. The author points out that these would be eliminated if selfpropelled-unmanned wagons moved direct between a large number of automated terminals, giving good penetration into the market for high-value manufactured goods now almost entirely moved by road.

Key concepts: Marshalling, Truck, Transport engineering, Beat (acoustics), Engineering, Automotive engineering, Operations management, Business

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