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Car float

A railroad car float or rail barge is a specialised form of lighter with railway tracks mounted on its deck used to move rolling stock across water obstacles, or to locations they could not otherwise go. An unpowered barge, it is towed by a tugboat or pushed by a towboat.

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Car float

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples91
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

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Car float

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related to Canada · 46
Car float → Alaska, April, Aquatrain, Arrow, Ashtabula, BC, BC Rail, British Columbia, Canadian National Railway, CN, Cobourg, CPR, Detroit, Erie, Grand Trunk, In, Kootenay, Michigan, Michigan Central, Navigation Company
related to New York / New Jersey · 20
Car float → Bay Ridge Yard, Brooklyn, Car, East River Tunnels, Greenville Yard, Hudson River, Jersey City, New Jersey, New York, New York Cross Harbor, New York New Jersey, New York Tunnel Extension, North River Tunnels, Port, Port Authority, Rail, Railroad, Street, The, This
related to U.S. East Coast · 20
Car float → Alexandria, Army, Baltimore, Baltimore Belt Line, Baltimore Inner Harbor, Beginning, Civil War, During, Herman Haupt, It, Ohio Railroad, Philadelphia, Potomac, Potomac River, Rappahannock River, Shepherds Landing, The, Union, Virginia, Washington
related to U.S. Midwest · 5
Car float → Between, Chicago, Chicago River, Erie Railroad, Illinois

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car new railroad float york rail jersey service river operated barge baltimore west coast brooklyn harbor railroads city across ferry

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Car floatrelated to CanadaPrince Rupert0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaBritish Columbia0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaWhittier0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaAlaska0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaAquatrain0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaService0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaApril0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaVarious0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaOkanagan0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaArrow0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaKootenay0.60section
Car floatrelated to CanadaCanadian National Railway0.60section

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