A specialized roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) ship designed with internal railway tracks on its cargo deck. It allows locomotives and railcars to be driven directly onto the vessel at a specialized port terminal, crossing a body of water without the need to unload and reload the cargo into standard shipping containers.
Heard on the job
The freight cars were shunted directly onto the train ferry for the crossing to the island.
Also heard as
- Rail ferry