Bulk cargo

A machine moving scrap iron in Brest, France

Railway tank cars carry all types of liquids and gases.

Bulk cargo is a type of cargo that is carried in big amounts. Bulk cargo can be gases, liquids, coal, and wheat.

Bulk Cargo Media

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  This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production.

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  A milk tank car for bulk loading.

• DME 49328, a covered hopper owned and operated by the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad

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  This image shows a rotary railcar dumper for unit train operations, manufactured by Heyl & Patterson Inc. of Pittsburgh, PA.

• Bulk loading of a feeder ship with rapeseed meal

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  American Association of Railroads “Plate C” loading-gauge