. Railroad freight transportation . rs a 2 -a 03 T3 i as a3-a o g «3 346 MOVEMENT OF CARS il :g3 ;h«3 ■5* i-~ ^^ ^? CO —■ L- o co x c. t^ — -•^ x -< ro oc ?t o ^ rt ^ O u ■-I o 2 t^ f n ^ C: to CO MOXOOOOf^C-lt-C^H o C5 3 CS C^ CVl N r-l 1— N fH ^m. TRAP OR FERRY CARS 347 161. Trap or Ferry Cars.—The term trap or ferry,strictly speaking, is applied to a ear placed at an industryor commercial house having a private siding, and thereloaded by the shipper with less than carload shipments andhauled by the carrier to its local freight or transfer stationfor handling and forwarding of conten
. Railroad freight transportation . rs a 2 -a 03 T3 i as a3-a o g «3 346 MOVEMENT OF CARS il :g3 ;h«3 ■5* i-~ ^^ ^? CO —■ L- o co x c. t^ — -•^ x -< ro oc ?t o ^ rt ^ O u ■-I o 2 t^ f n ^ C: to CO MOXOOOOf^C-lt-C^H o C5 3 CS C^ CVl N r-l 1— N fH ^m. TRAP OR FERRY CARS 347 161. Trap or Ferry Cars.—The term trap or ferry,strictly speaking, is applied to a ear placed at an industryor commercial house having a private siding, and thereloaded by the shipper with less than carload shipments andhauled by the carrier to its local freight or transfer stationfor handling and forwarding of contents. It is also appliedto a car with L. C. L. shipments which is hauled to andplaced upon a private track of an industry or commercialhouse by a carrier from a local freight or transfer the East the name ferry is given to a car used in thismanner, and in the West and South trap is applied. Theorigin of the names is not clear but both mean the same,and for convenience the word trap is used Where such cars are loaded to a minimum, the practiceat the beginning was to make no charge for the trap car service came to be generally rendered withoutseparate or specific charges from several causes. In caseswhere no land was available f
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