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состав, груженный п/материалами

English translation: below

13:33 Sep 20, 2007
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Manufacturing
Russian term or phrase: состав, груженный п/материалами
Caravan loaded with construction materials? production materials? Sigh...

Когда везут состав, груженный п/материалами, ведется точная статистика, котирая выявляет, что сопровождающий состав виноват в том, что растерял бревна.

--Letter from a special settler at the 173 Km. Perm Railway Tractor Site
Deborah Hoffman
Local time: 00:30
English translation:below
Explanation:
train with timber
train laden with timber

However I really wonder how пиломатериалы (already sawn) could be logs "0)

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Note added at 22 mins (2007-09-20 13:55:56 GMT)
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сопровождающий состав - here a person in charge who accompanies the train.
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Sergei Tumanov
Local time: 07:30
Grading comment
Ah...
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Explanation:
train with timber
train laden with timber

However I really wonder how пиломатериалы (already sawn) could be logs "0)

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Note added at 22 mins (2007-09-20 13:55:56 GMT)
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сопровождающий состав - here a person in charge who accompanies the train.

Sergei Tumanov
Local time: 07:30
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Ah...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alexander Litvinov
10 mins
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agree  Jack Doughty
14 mins
  -> thank you!
agree  Dmitry Golovin
24 mins
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agree  koundelev: я обычно встречал - timber and lumber train
1 hr
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agree  Iosif JUHASZ
1 hr
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agree  apavlunenko: lumber train - would be more common
6 hrs
  -> imho in America - yes. Thank you!
agree  Alexandra Tussing
1 day 10 hrs
  -> thank you!
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