Railway provides for cost effective large cargo transportation, which together with a number of value-added services determines its almost exclusive position in the market. The importance of railways is still determined by their capability to efficiently carry large cargoes for long distances for respectively low cost. Currently there is a tendency for railway transportation differentiation originated by the tendency towards improvement of quality of services provided. Today for transporting motorcars tree-story flat cars are widely used as well as two-story container cars, articulated cars, special purpose trains. Special purpose train is formed of cars used for transporting one and the same type of cargo such as petrol. These trains are more cost effective and faster than traditional mixed trains as the follow directly to the destination point passing by the marshaling yards. Articulated cars have a longer running gear capable to take up to 10 containers in one flexible coupling thus reducing the carload and cutting the reloading time. Two-story container flat cars, as the name suggests, can be loaded with containers in tow tiers thus doubling the load capacity of a moving stock. Such technical solutions help to increase the load capacity and facilitate your cargo handling operations.
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