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单词 trailer-on-flatcar
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trailer-on-flatcar
c. trailer-on-flatcar, used to denote a system of freight transport whereby trailers (and other unaccompanied road freight vehicles) are carried on railway cars. Cf. piggyback n. 2. Originally U.S.
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society > travel > rail travel > [noun] > conveyance by rail or train > specific system of freight transport
piggybacking1936
TOFC1954
trailer-on-flatcar1954
kangaroo1967
1954 Economist 13 Mar. 779/1 These ‘piggy-backs’ or ‘trailers-on-flat-cars (TOFC)’..have now become a major preoccupation of the railways.
1964 Economist 26 Sept. 1243/1 The [US] railways have introduced TOFC service—trailer-on-flatcar, better known as Piggyback.
1979 Railway Gaz. Internat. Aug. 719/2 Piggyback, otherwise known as trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC), has proved to be an area of strong..growth.
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