axle loading

noun

the weight placed on each axle of a vehicle.

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Meanings

nounaxle loading (plural axle loadings)

plural axle loadings

  1. rail transportthe weight placed on each axle of a vehicle.

    Engine designers could and did specify axle loadings in excess of 80,000 pounds.

    1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 60
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