About The Word Traffic mile
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Traffic mile
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What's The Definition Of Traffic mile?Synonyms | Synonyms for Traffic mile: Related Terms | Find terms related to Traffic mile: See Also | Traffic mile In Webster's Dictionary \Traf"fic mile\ (Railroad Accounting)
Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles
and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given
period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous
usage.
Traffic mile is a term designed to furnish an excuse
for the erroneous practice of adding together two
things (ton miles and passenger miles) which, being of
different kinds, cannot properly be added. --Hadley.
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