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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Transport | | German term or phrase: Bahntragewagen | From a study on the different sectors of the transport industry:
In Europa umfasst das Angebot in Europa ebenfalls den ”Unbegleiteten Kombinierten Verkehr" (UKV), in dem neben Containern auch Wechselaufbauten und Sattelauflieger getrennt von der Zugmaschine auf speziell geeigneten Bahntragewagen befördert werden.
Don't worry about the less than perfect syntax of the German, I'm only interested in the proper term for Bahntragewagen. TIA |
| | | piggyback car | Explanation:
I am looking at one in my Visual Dictionary ( Stoddart), page 406. Topic: transportation by railroad, they differentiate between flat car, gondola car, hopper car, piggyback cars(which has loaded a cute little container), livestock car, tank car, container car, bulkhead flat car, depressed-center flat car, etc.etc. I think piggyback car is the most fitting, given your context.
I also found a picture on the web:
http://www.railwatch.com/northshore/NSimages/pigbak1.gif
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Note added at 2002-02-24 03:39:46 (GMT)
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I found a G-E dictionary on railroads( Märklin... but maybe it\'s useful anyway.
http://www.ozdoba.net/railroad/gereng.html
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Note added at 2002-02-24 03:40:01 (GMT)
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I found a G-E dictionary on railroads( Märklin... but maybe it\'s useful anyway.
http://www.ozdoba.net/railroad/gereng.html |
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  Johanna Timm, PhD
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| Grading comment Thank you! I did some research based on your suggestions, and Johanna's suggestion (thank you for the references - nice pic) turned out to be spot-on.
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3 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 flat-car
Explanation:
ref. Webster's
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Note added at 2002-02-24 00:34:06 (GMT)
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Webster explains: railroad freight car without permanent raised sides, ends or covering. Sicher ueberzeugend!
| SwissTell
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3 hrs confidence: piggyback car
Explanation:
I am looking at one in my Visual Dictionary ( Stoddart), page 406. Topic: transportation by railroad, they differentiate between flat car, gondola car, hopper car, piggyback cars(which has loaded a cute little container), livestock car, tank car, container car, bulkhead flat car, depressed-center flat car, etc.etc. I think piggyback car is the most fitting, given your context.
I also found a picture on the web:
http://www.railwatch.com/northshore/NSimages/pigbak1.gif
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Note added at 2002-02-24 03:39:46 (GMT)
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I found a G-E dictionary on railroads( Märklin... but maybe it\'s useful anyway.
http://www.ozdoba.net/railroad/gereng.html
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Note added at 2002-02-24 03:40:01 (GMT)
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I found a G-E dictionary on railroads( Märklin... but maybe it\'s useful anyway.
http://www.ozdoba.net/railroad/gereng.html
J.-C. Corbeil, Visual dictionary
| | | Grading comment | Thank you! I did some research based on your suggestions, and Johanna's suggestion (thank you for the references - nice pic) turned out to be spot-on. |
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