36 mins confidence:   trailer
Explanation:
I suppose they mean anything trailed by a semi.
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Note added at 1 hr (2010-04-24 16:30:56 GMT)
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In 1967, the Vermont Railway created a new opportunity for the shippers of Vermont, trailer-on-flat-car. Operating piggyback service in and out of Vermont, the Vermont Railway grew the intermodal trailer fleet to over 6,000 units and became one of the largest trailer operators in the nation; as well as being an integral part of the development of intermodal equipment. With the new success of intermodal traffic, Vermont Railway added terminals in Chicago and St. Louis, and more recently Memphis, to handle the high demand for the Vermont Railway trailer fleet.
| jmleger
Local time: 17:54
Native speaker of:  French
PRO pts in category: 12
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Asker: I don't think so, J-M: this is specifically in a context of <i>railway</i> rolling stock, so nothing to do with trucks, I'm afraid :-(
Asker: Right, though that still seems to be describing the loading of a <i>road</i> trailer onto a flatbed waggon, doesn't it?
Asker: Thanks for your contribution!
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a lot of corroboration for this on the 'Net, as a term specifically relating to railway rolling stock
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): -1 rolling stock ('car' in N. America)
Explanation:
I reckon it simply refers to 'rolling stock', of whatever kind (freight wagons, passenger carriages, etc.) as distinct from 'locomotives' and other units used to provide traction or command of the train.
http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/securiteferroviaire/regles-tco095-13...
3.12 « inspecteur accrédité de [b]matériel remorqué[/b] » : personne formée, qualifiée et certifiée pour faire l'examen et l'entretien de l'équipement de frein du matériel remorqué; (certified [b]car[/b] inspector)
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From the same webref:
4.1 Les compagnies ferroviaires doivent s'assurer que leurs inspecteurs accrédités de matériel remorqué possèdent la formation et la compétence nécessaires pour effectuer des essais de frein sur les wagons et/ou sur les voitures en conformité avec le présent Règlement ...
Note that the doc. includes Canadian English translations of defined terms.
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You are moving the goalposts, Tony. That's not cricket!
The question says "véhicule remorqué", and you frst lead us to believe it refers to 'rolling stock'. Now you tell us "It is definitely a railway engine..." - and in the next breath you cast doubt on that saying that "it [i]seems[/i] to be self-powered".
If it ain't self-powered, then it ain't an engine. And if it [i]is[/i] an engine, then it ain't 'rolling stock', it's 'traction stock':
Artículos académicos para railway traction stock
Network reconfiguration of distribution systems using … - Su - Citado por 59
… on British Railways traction and rolling stock - Wojtas - Citado por 5
… in the rail industry: The case of Swiss private railways - Cowie - Citado por 32
Resultados de la búsquedaHome for Traction & Rolling Stock Advertiser - [ Traducir esta página ]
Advertising pages of TRACTIONADS, the website of Traction & Rolling Stock Advertiser, the first place to visit for Railway Vehicles, Parts, Services, ...
www.tractionads.co.uk/ - En caché - Similares
Now, coming back to the question:
Many comon railway terms are drawn (sic) from the days of horse-drawn (re-sic) transport, and the term 'drawn stock' is used to refer to any 'stock' that is 'drawn', whether it be traction stock or rolling stock:
Atomic Systems • View topic - Metropolitan Railway stock pack - [ Traducir esta página ]
Excellent news - a nice lot of steam, but what about some of the other ... goes they ran in conjunction with the Dreadnaught steam and electric drawn stock, ...
uktrainsimlive.net/viewtopic.php?f=260&t=52465...0 - En caché
| Jennifer Levey
Chile
Local time: 18:54
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 49
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Asker: The trouble with 'rolling stock' is that I already have 'matériel roulant', and what do you do when you need a countable? 'A rolling vehicle'?
Asker: Thanks, R, for your contribution!
Unfortunately, this was rather a special case: a locomotive that was not being used under its own power. As RK says, <i>every</i>thing that rolls on a railway track is 'rolling stock', so that sadly doesn't really quite address the key issue here.
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5 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 hauled vehicle
Explanation:
in fact, this is more complicated than you probably realise. The term in French is normally used when referring to a locomotive, traction unit or power car that is not running under its own steam but incorporated in the consist of another train to be hauled from one place to another. This can happen for a variety of reasons - following a breakdown, need for transfer to the depot or repair sheds, light running to economise on fuel/power, etc.
I suspect you may be a little out of your depth here and it would take me far too long to explain
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Exactly - this happens when locomotives belonging to one operator are taken for repair to the depot of another - in your case, I susepct that a foreign operator is sending a locomotive on CFL lines and it has to go for some sort of operation to a CFM depot. Once on depot premises, it has to be hauled from one place to another. This is just one example of what can happen
| polyglot45
Native speaker of: English, French
PRO pts in category: 204
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| | Grading comment | Thanks a lot for your help! 'Haul' is certainly a term I'm familiar with in railway jargon, and this term seems the best choice — especially as the definition you give corresponds exactly to my context. |
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Asker: That's exactly the point I've been trying to get across — I'm not that far out of my depth! This is indeed a locomotive, but for regulatory reasons, has to be used as part of another train; that far, I'd got... it was just the correct term for 'remorqué' that I couldn't find... and I think you've found it.
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