carloading

plural carloadings

1. rail transportThe loading of a freight car.

   From 1940 to 1946, carloadings of grains ranged from about 28 to 35 percent of total shipments of products of agriculture.

   1953, United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Production and Marketing Administration, A study of conditions affecting the transportation of grain by railroad

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   In 1955, for example, 32 railroads reported 168,150 piggyback carloadings; in 1959 50 roads loaded 415,156 cars; [...]. T.O.F.C. still accounts for little more than 2 per cent of all U.S. carloadings but industry experts expect that percentage to reach between 25 and 50 per cent within the foreseeable future.

   1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683