Rail freight transport facts for kids

A Class 92 hauled container freight train on the West Coast Main Line, United Kingdom

Rail freight transport is using railroads and trains to transport cargo. They don't transport human passengers. Trains may transport bulk material, intermodal containers, general freight or special freight in cars designed for a specific reason. Rail freight practices and economics are different by country and region.

Images for kids

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  A long grain train of the Union Pacific Railroad crossing a bridge in Washington state, United States

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  Freight trains wait for departure in Zhengzhou, China

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  Freight wagons filled with limestone await unloading, at sidings in Rugby, Warwickshire, England

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  A container train in Germany

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  Train in Arizona, with 20-, 40- and-53 foot containers double stacked in well cars

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  Coal awaiting shipment to an electric generating plant in Germany

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  Freight train on the Suihua–Jiamusi Railway in Yichun, Heilongjiang

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  Mixed freight running downhill in Caliente, California

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  Iron ore train in Mauritania

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  Pacific National intermodal service from Perth in Western Australia

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  A typical U.S. classification yard in Denver, Colorado. Intermodal terminal is on the right

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  Freight train in Rostov Oblast, Russia

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  Old type of steam-hauled freight train in 1964

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  A container train passing through Jacksonville, Florida, with 53 ft (16.15 m) containers used for shipments within North America

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  A M250 series, multiple unit freight train running in Japan.