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Car-mile (Rail)

Term · Transportation · MLC-T-TRA-000055

The movement of a railroad car a distance of 1 mile. An empty or loaded car-mile refers to a mile run by a freight car with or without a load. In the case of intermodal movements, the designation of empty or loaded refers to whether the trailers/containers are moved with or without a waybill.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-TRA-000055
FieldTransportation
SubjectRail
ReferencesNational Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-TRA-000055",
  "term": "Car-mile (Rail)",
  "field": "Transportation",
  "definition": "The movement of a railroad car a distance of 1 mile. An empty or loaded car-mile refers to a mile run by a freight car with or without a load. In the case of intermodal movements, the designation of empty or loaded refers to whether the trailers/containers are moved with or without a waybill.",
  "subject": "Rail",
  "references": [
    "National Transportation Statistics, Appendix B: Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/transportation/car-mile-rail/"
}

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