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  2. Railway coupling - Wikipedia

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    The link-and-pin coupler consisted of a tube-like body that received an oblong link. During coupling, a rail worker had to stand between the cars as they came together and guide the link into the coupler pocket. Once the cars were joined, the employee inserted a pin into a hole a few inches from the end of the tube to hold the link in place.

  3. Railroad car - Wikipedia

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    A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), [a] railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).

  4. Well car - Wikipedia

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    Each unit of a double-stack car contains a single well; they often are constructed with three to five cars connected by articulated connectors. The intermediate connectors are supported by the centerplate of single trucks, often a 125-short-ton (112-long-ton; 113 t)-capacity truck but sometimes a 150-short-ton (134-long-ton; 136 t)-capacity one.

  5. Rail transport - Wikipedia

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    A train is a connected series of rail vehicles that move along the track. Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate locomotive or from individual motors in self-propelled multiple units. Most trains carry a revenue load, although non-revenue cars exist for the railway's own use, such as for maintenance-of-way purposes.

  6. Train - Wikipedia

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    The British Rail Safety and Standards Board defines a train as a "light locomotive, self-propelled rail vehicle or road-rail vehicle in rail mode." [ 4 ] A collection of passenger or freight carriages connected together (not necessarily with a locomotive) is referred to as a rake . [ 5 ]

  7. Railcar - Wikipedia

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    In North America the term "railcar" has a much broader sense and can be used (as an abbreviated form of "railroad car") to refer to any item of hauled rolling-stock, whether passenger coaches or goods wagons (freight cars). [3] [4] [5] Self-powered railcars were once common in North America; see Doodlebug (rail car).

  8. Sacramento’s Siemens train facility has an Amtrak contract ...

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    He said the new train cars, purchased with the funds from the infrastructure bill, will “bring more frequent service and expand the appeal of rail service.” The current order with Amtrak ...

  9. Gangway connection - Wikipedia

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    The GWR introduced restaurant cars in 1896; gangway connections were fitted, but passengers wishing to use the restaurant car were expected to board it at the start of their journey, and remain there: the connections were still not for public use. [9] A GWR coach fitted with a British Standard gangway connection of the "suspended" type