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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Unit train Unit train The term 'Unit train ' as it applies to the area of agriculture can be defined as ' Generally refers to a string of freight cars that all carry the same commodity, frequently over long distances. Unit trains are widely used to haul such raw commodities as coal and grains, because they are less costly for railroads than mixed freight shipments. Unit trains have become a point of contention between agricultural shippers and the railroads, mainly because the shippers are increasingly being asked to fill longer unit trains (for example, 104 hoppers), which many local elevators are not equipped to handle'. Previous 5 Terms: Unit Hydrograph Unit Input Intensity Allowance Unit price unit rate unit sale Next 5 Terms: Unit value, consumption Unit value, wellhead Unit weight United Nations Centre For Facilitation Of Procedures And Practices For Administration, Commerce, And Transport United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.