Converse of object

• haul: Cardiff and Newport scenes in 1965 when there was still steam hauled freight by both large and small tank engines.

• carry: Every ton of freight carried by rail, rather than road, produces at least 80 % less carbon dioxide.

• strengthen: Permitting 44 ton lorries for general use in the UK: Final report 6. Measures to strengthen rail freight 6.1.

• move: In 1993, 63 per cent of freight moved by road.

Adjective modifier

• waterborne: How do we promote additional modal shift from road freight to rail and waterborne freight?

• bulk: Not least it could be used, as could the London canal system, to shift bulk freight, and to transport waste.

• heavy: Friend knows, the east coast main line carries Britain's fastest passenger train service and also handles heavy bulk freight and mail trains.

Modifies a noun

• forwarder: Trainee freight forwarders earn around £ 8,000 a year.

• forwarding: Condor Logistics is a freight forwarding company which operates from mainland UK to the Channel Islands.

• train: Put simply, the Melksham line is more suitable for freight trains than the Bradford On Avon line is.

• traffic: It will be the first major freight traffic to flow on the River Severn in over ten years.

• terminal: The buildings on the right are part of the freight terminal.

• operator: Costs for rail freight operators - Track Access Charges 6.4.

Preposition: by

• rail: EWS is Britain's largest rail operator and the primary activity of the company is the movement of freight by rail.

Noun used with modifier

• rail: Rail freight has grown by more than 50 % .

• intermodal: Growth on intermodal rail freight services is expected to be the most widespread in over a year.

• air: Edinburgh Airport is also expected to benefit from growth in air freight.

• road: There has also been a 6 % shift to rail from road freight transport.

• ocean: The MCC also examines developments in ocean freight rates on the basis of a report by a sub-committee of freight experts.

• demonstration: See one of their classic demonstration freight or parcel trains.