wagonload in a sentence
Examples
- The company initiated a long-distance wagonload train service branded'Enterprise', later operated by EWS as the'EWS Enterprise'service.
- Occasionally it would trip to Thurnby & Scraptoft during the day with a wagonload of coal which would be shunted into the siding for the local coal merchant.
- Though closed to passenger traffic, the station and surrounding sidings remained in regular use as a freight depot until the end of Speedlink wagonload traffic in 1993.
- The Railway Street site remained in use as part of the Central Good's operations ( opened October 1960 ) handling wagonload traffic and used for storage.
- This was opened in 1962, but as wagonload freight declined in the UK, it was substantially closed in 1982 . ( Minor trainload activity remains there .)
- Minor wagonload services were operated in the post privatisation period, including EWS's'Enterprise'service, which carried 3 million tonnes of freight in 1999.
- Wagonload goods had been conveyed in traditional ten-feet wheelbase wagons, in many cases without a continuous brake, and staged from one marshalling yard to another.
- In those halcyon days, Phil could get gasps and ratings by wearing a skirt, Oprah by shedding a wagonload of fat or Sally by trading in her glasses.
- The 626 is taller, longer, wider and roomier, with comfortable seating for five adults and a trunk large enough for extended cruising or a wagonload of groceries.
- Many rural branch lines considered to be loss-making were to be closed, in hand with a major reduction in unremunerative wagonload goods traffic and many other changes.