ABSTRACT
Th is chapter deals with the freight train load. How many of my readers, I wonder, have any clear idea of what is the load stated in tons of an average or typical goods train in Great Britain ? The “ train load 55 may be given either as the aggregate figure of weight of the wagons plus the freight contents, the total weight which the locomotive is hauling, i.e. the gross load ; or the “ train load ” may refer to the freight contents only ; it is then known as the “ net freight load ” —the subject of this chapter.
