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Car spotting (service) — Car spotting is a service in rail transport operations.A 1920 book on railroad freight defines the term as follows: [Edgar Watkins (1920) Shippers and Carriers of Interstate and Intrastate Freight , [http://books.google.com/books?id=AkoOAAAAYAAJ… … Wikipedia
spotting cars — Shifting railroad cars to place on siding, spur track, or industrial track where they can be loaded or unloaded conveniently by shipper or consignee. A voluntary service of uniform practice in railroading, and included in a line haul rate, which… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Car spotting (disambiguation) — Car spotting may refer to one of the following*Car spotting, a hobby *Car spotting (service), a railroad service *Car spotting (positioning), precise positioning of a car, e.g., for loading/unloading … Wikipedia
Car spotting (positioning) — Car spotting is precise positioning of a railroad car for loading/unloading.When a locomotive pulls a train of freight cars to a loading/unloading station, it approximately positions them with respect to freight handling equipment, since… … Wikipedia
car spotting — See spotting service … Ballentine's law dictionary
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