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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).
The German State Railway Wagon Association could, unlike the Prussian State Railway Wagon Association, stipulate standard wagon designs for the whole of Germany. It developed a total of eleven different wagon types, the Verbandsbauart (literally: association type) or DWV wagons. In addition to entire goods wagons, types of bogie were also ...
The wagon has a canopy in addition to the original design. 45 mph: 55 mph 60 mph in block formation: HDA: The final batch of 450 MGR coal hoppers, built in 1982: 60 mph: 60 mph HFA: The wagon has an aerodynamic canopy in addition to the original design. 45 mph: 60 mph HMA: The wagon has modified brakes in addition to the original design. 45 mph ...
Tank wagon with standard underframe loaded on a Culemeyer. The German term Verbandsbauart describes both a type of goods wagon as well as a type of tram.. In order to standardise the goods wagons classes of the various German state railways (Länderbahnen), the German State Railway Wagon Association (Deutscher Staatsbahnwagenverband or DWV) issued regulations.
Ffestiniog Railway Double Fairlie 0-4-4-0T No. 8 James Spooner. A new locomotive built to replace Earl of Merioneth reusing the name of a double Fairlie withdrawn in 1928. [16] [17] Completed on October 6, 2023. Southwold Railway 2-4-0T, No. 3 Blyth, replica of original locomotive with same name and number. [18] LB&SCR H2 class 4-4-2 No. 32424 ...
British Rail departmental wagons are wagons used by British Rail and their successors Railtrack and Network Rail for departmental purposes. Many vehicles are named after aquatic creatures (including fish , mammals , birds and mythical creatures ), these names started life as telegraphic codes.
The Austauschbau stake wagon was 600 mm longer than the A4 DSV wagon, so that the undercarriage now matched that of the "Gl Dresden" . Optically the wagons can be recognised easily by their trapezoidal strut frames. Most of the 1,600 or so wagons were fitted with wheelsets for transition to broad gauge. Between 1936 and 1938 about 1,200 welded ...