List of railway vehicles
This is a list of all types of vehicle that can be used on a railway, either specifically for running on the rails, or for maintenance or up-keep of a railway.
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General classes of railway vehicle[]
- Freight car (US)
- Goods wagon (UIC)
- High speed train
- Locomotive
- Multiple unit
- Diesel Multiple Unit
- Electric Multiple Unit
- Passenger car or coach
- private railroad car
- Railcar or Railbus
- Rail motor coach
- Road-rail vehicle
- Rolling stock
- Tilting train
- Travelling Post Office
Railway vehicles listed by usage[]
Traction vehicles or propelled cars[]
- Autorail
- Cab car or Control car (rail)
- Driving Van Trailer
- Driving Brake Standard Open
- Shunter or Switcher
- Tank locomotive
Passenger use[]
Freight use[]
Container use[]
- Boxmotor
- CargoSprinter
- Conflat
- Double-stack car
Bulk freight[]
- Boxcar (US)
- Centerbeam cars
- Covered hopper
- Covered wagon (UIC)
- Double door boxcar
- Flatcar
- Gondola (rail) (US)
- Goods wagon
- Hicube boxcars
- Hopper car
- Open wagon (UIC)
- Refrigerator car (US)
- Refrigerated van (UIC)
- Tank car (US), Tank wagon (UIC)
Special use[]
- Aircraft parts car
- Autorack
- Coil car (rail)
- Lowmac
- Mineral wagon
- Quarry tub
- Schnabel car
- Slate wagon
- Stock car (rail)
Multi-modal[]
- Intermodal car
- Modalohr Road Trailer Carriers
- Roadrailer
- Well car
Ancillary vehicles[]
- Brake van
- Caboose
- Crane (railroad)
- Handcar
- Roll-block wagon
- Scale test car
- Transporter wagon
- Outfit Car or a Camp Car[1]
Military use[]
Maintenance of Rail vehicles[]
Comboliner, used to align rails
Railway vehicles listed alphabetically[]
A[]
B[]
- Baggage car
- Ballast cleaner
- Ballast regulator
- Ballast tamper
- Bilevel car
- Boxcab
- Boxcar
- Boxmotor
- Brake van
C[]
- Cab car
- Caboose
- CargoSprinter
- Centerbeam cars
- Clearance car
- Coach (rail)
- Conflat
- Container car
- Coil car (rail)
- Comet (passenger car)
- Control car (rail)
- Couchette car
- Covered hopper
- Crane (railroad)
- Crew car
D[]
- Derrick car
- Diesel Multiple Unit
- Dining car
- Dome car
- Double door boxcar
- Double-stack car
- Draisine
- Driving Van Trailer
- Driving Brake Standard Open
- Dynamometer car
E[]
- Electric Multiple Unit
F[]
G[]
H[]
- Handcar
- Hicube boxcar
- High speed train
- HiRail truck
- Hopper car
L[]
M[]
- [3]
- Modalohr road trailer carriers
- Multiple unit
O[]
- Observation car
- Outfit Car or a Camp Car[1]
P[]
- Pacer (train)
- Passenger car (rail)
- Pendolino
- Private railroad car
R[]
- Rail ambulance
- Railcar
- Railgrinder
- Rail motor coach
- Railroad plough
- Railway gun
- Refrigerator car
- Revenue collection cars
- Roadrailer
- Road-rail vehicle
- Roll-block wagon
- Rotary snowplow
S[]
T[]
- Tamper
- Tank car
- Tank locomotive
- Tender
- Tower car
- Track geometry car
- Track renewal train
- Transporter wagon
- Travelling Post Office
- Troop sleeper
References[]
- ^ a b "General Code of Operating Rules: Section 5.12: Protection of Occupied Outfit Cars". Archived from the original on 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Welcome to Saskrailmuseum.org". Contact Us. September 11, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ "Megafret" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2012-11-22.
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