Types of carriages

The right rolling stock is available for every type of freight: low-bed wagons for heavy or bulky goods; sliding-wall, high-capacity wagons or open flatcars for large consignments; tank wagons for liquid products; silo wagons for granular products.

Value-added services include truck transfer from terminal to train and in reverse, and transportation of chemicals with special safety provisions.

A successful logistic company can deliver freight of any kind, to any place. It is capable of giving its customers the personal attention they need. It helps its customers to get products to market faster and more efficiently.

3. Complete the sentences:

1. The right rolling stock is available......

2. Low-bed wagons are intended.......

3. Large consignments are transported by........

4. Tank wagons transport......

5. Silo wagons are for......

6. Chemicals must be transported with.......

7. A successful logistic company can deliver.......

8. It helps its customers to get products to market.......

4. Translate the sentences:

1. There are a great number of goods that can be transported by different kinds of carriages.

2. There are very powerful cranes for discharging ships at this seaport.

3. Is there any demand for the pipes of this size?

4. There are some problems with transport in this town.

5. There is a traffic light in the middle of crossing.

6. There were no empty places in the bus.

7. There will be a good infrastructure for railway in this country in some years.

8. There aren’t any airports in this district.

9. There are high-speed railroads in Japan.

10. There are many problems in the field of freight traffic: fuel saving, loading and discharging, developing rational routes of delivery, time saving, correct stowage, traffic intensity and many other matters.

11. There are different kinds of goods: perishables, highly inflammable and poisonous goods, large dimensioned cargo and other kinds of freight.

GRAMMAR
PARTICIBLE I

5. Read and remember:

Participle I: ask + ing = asking

1. The stars shining in the dark sky are very beautiful.

Звезды, сияющие в темном небе, очень красивы.

2. Translating the article, he consulted a dictionary.

Переводя статью, он пользовался словарем.

6. Write Participle I from the following verbs:

To build, to grow, to bring, to follow, to move, to produce, to contain, to use, to include, to carry, to teach, to tell, to divide, to develop, to sit, to study

7. Translate the following word combinations:

The student attending all the lectures, the plan containing many details, the worker building a new station, the engineer using a new method, the train developing high speed, the plant producing comfortable carriages, the growing part of railways, the engineer carrying out the research, the student studying foreign languages, the systems and devices ensuring the safe operation of trains, the trains moving at top speed, the device decreasing the speed of the train without the action of the driver, the devices simplifying the task of directing train movements, the locomotives and crews changing several times in the course of its journey, the trains arriving at a station, the trains leaving a station

8. Translate the following word combinations:

Using new methods; constructing new wagons; achieving good results; applying new equipment; constructing new railroads; receiving important information; moving at high speed; leaving a rail station; graduating from the Institute

9. Translate into native language:

1. The boy standing at the window is my brother. 2. We were watching at the playing children. 3. Entering the room, he dropped his keys. 3. He was sitting in the armchair reading a book. 4. She came up to us breathing heavily. 5. The hall was full of laughing people. 6. The boy smiled showing his teeth. 7. The singing girl was about seventeen. 8. Mother put eggs into the boiling water.