Meaning of mixed-traffic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a railway, one that caters for both passenger and freight traffic.
   not-comparable
2. Of a locomotive, one intended for both passenger and freight trains.
   not-comparable

Examples

“But it is the joy of running Britain's railways that we are the busiest mixed-traffic railway probably in the world, and the way we've ended up interacting freight and different classes of passenger traffic does mean that it's very hard to give anyone priority - [...]”

“Thirty mixed-traffic 4-8-2 locomotives recently completed by the Vulcan Foundry Limited for the 3 ft. 6 in. gauge Gold Coast Government Railway have all their axles, big ends, and coupling and eccentric rods fitted with British Timken roller bearings.”

“The first of a class of powerful mixed-traffic electric locomotives have already been delivered and are undergoing tests on a special four-mile oval test track near Peking.”

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