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2. Hopper car - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] [4] The hopper car was developed in parallel with the development of automated handling of such commodities, including automated loading and unloading facilities. Hopper cars are distinguished from gondola cars, which do not have opening doors on their underside or sides.

3. Budd Rail Diesel Car - Wikipedia

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   The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC), also known as the Budd car or Buddliner, is a self-propelled diesel multiple unit (DMU) railcar. Between 1949 and 1962, 398 RDCs were built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States.

4. 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).

5. M9 (railcar) - Wikipedia

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   In mid-2012, the MTA issued a joint procurement request for the LIRR and Metro-North for a total of up to 676 M9 railcars, set for delivery between 2016 and 2020. [9] On September 18, 2013, Kawasaki Heavy Industries was awarded a nearly $1.8 billion contract for the order, comprising a base order of 92 cars for the LIRR (costing $355 million) with options for an additional 584 cars (304 for ...

6. 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).

7. Rail freight transport - Wikipedia

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   In Japan, trends towards adding rail freight shipping are more due to availability of workers rather than other concerns. [citation needed] Rail freight tonnage as a percent of total moved by country: Russia: about 12% in 2016 [23] up 11%; Japan: 5% in 2017 [24] Rail freight ton-milage as a percent of total moved by country: USA: 27.4% in 2020 [25]