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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).
Luggage carts in Ivory Coast Baggage carts available for a deposit at a German train station Railway baggage cart from the 1800s Baggage cart mover A luggage cart in a hotel hallway. Baggage carts, luggage carts, luggage trolleys or trolleys are small vehicles pushed by travelers (human-powered) to carry individual luggage, [citation needed ...
Hbillns wagon with sliding sides in ITL’s green livery Commonwealth Oil Corporation goods wagon in Australia. Goods wagons or freight wagons [1] (North America: freight cars), [2] also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo.
A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) [1] is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers, usually giving them space to sit on train seats.
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3-wheeled handcar or velocipede on a railroad track Preserved railroad velocipede on exhibit at the Toronto Railway Historical Association. A handcar (also known as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, [1] velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers or by people pushing the car from behind.
Control cars can carry passengers, baggage, and mail, and may, when used together with diesel locomotives, contain an engine-generator set to provide head-end power (HEP). They can also be used with a power car or a railcar. European railways have used control cars since the 1920s; they first appeared in the United States in the 1960s. [1]
Transporter wagons were used extensively for a great many years in Germany, Austria (gauge 760 mm or 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in), Switzerland (1,000 mm or 3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in Brünigbahn) and Sweden (gauges 802 mm or 2 ft 7 + 9 ⁄ 16 in, 891 mm or 2 ft 11 + 3 ⁄ 32 in, and 1,067 mm or 3 ft 6 in).