carloading

Noun

1. The loading of a freight car.
   • From 1940 to 1946, carloadings of grains ranged from about 28 to 35 percent of total shipments of products of agriculture. - 1953, United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Production and Marketing Administration, A study of...
   • In 1955, for example, 32 railroads reported 168,150 piggyback carloadings; in 1959 50 roads loaded 415,156 cars; [...]. T.O.F.C. still accounts for little more than 2 per cent of all U.S. carloadings but industry...