Express freight train

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An express freight train (EGz) was a type of train in German rail freight traffic .

Express freight trains ran at high speed and carried express goods . These were perishable goods, live animals or general cargo . Light express freight trains (LeiG) were mainly used for general cargo transport . For tariff purposes , the transported goods were divided into different express cargo classes.

literature

• Gerhard Adler u. a .: Lexicon of the Railway . Berlin 1978, p. 201 (words: express goods train , express goods classes ).