Railroad car
A railroad car or railway carriage (or, more briefly, car or carriage not to be confused with
railcar, sometimes also
wag(g)on), is a
vehicle on a
railroad (or
railway) that is not a
locomotive — one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. Cars can be coupled together into a
train, either hauled by one or more locomotives or self-propelled.
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railway car
Noun
1. a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails"
(synonym) car, railcar, railroad car
(hypernym) wheeled vehicle
(hyponym) baggage car, luggage van
(member-holonym) train, railroad train
(part-meronym) suspension, suspension system
Railway Car
(See also Rail Car) A railway car designed to carry freight, railroad personnel, or passengers. This includes boxcars, covered hopper cars, flatcars, refrigerator cars, gondola cars, hopper cars, tanker cars, cabooses, stock cars, ventilation cars, and special cars. It also includes on-track maintenance equipment.
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railway car
Synonyms and related words:
Pullman, Pullman car, baggage car, boxcar, caboose, car, carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, covered waggon, day coach, diner, dinghy, dining car, drawing room, flat, flatcar, gondola, local, luggage van, mail car, mail van, palace car, parlor car, passenger car, reefer, refrigerator car, roomette, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, stockcar, tank, tender, truck, van, waggon
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RAILWAY CAR
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