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  2. 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).

  3. Wheelset (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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    The Railroad Car Builder's Dictionary. Dover Publications, Inc. White, John H. (1978). The American Railroad Passenger Car. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801819652. OCLC 2798188. White, John H. Jr. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University ...

  4. Loading gauge - Wikipedia

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    In Finland, rail cars can be up to 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) wide with a permitted height from 4.37 m (14 ft 4 in) on the sides to 5.3 m (17 ft 5 in) in the centre. [54] The track gauge is 1,524 mm (5 ft), differing 4 mm (5 ⁄ 32 in) from the 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) Russian track gauge.

  5. 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.

  6. List of railroad truck parts - Wikipedia

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    The Railroad Car Builder's Dictionary. Dover Publications. White, John H. (1978). The American Railroad Passenger Car. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801819652. OCLC 2798188. White, John H. Jr. (1993). The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

  7. Standard-gauge railway - Wikipedia

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    Standard-gauge Rail Baltica railway is under construction and is scheduled to be completed by 2026. Cost studies have been undertaken for a potential overhaul of entire rail network to standard gauge. [41] Ethiopia: Addis Ababa-Djibouti Railway; Addis Ababa Light Rail: 659 km (409 mi) Other standard gauge lines under construction. Finland

  8. Schnabel car - Wikipedia

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    When empty, this car measures 231 ft (70 m) long; for comparison, a conventional boxcar currently operating on North American railroads has a single two-axle truck at each end of the car, measures 50 to 89 feet (15.24 to 27.13 m) long and has a capacity of 70 to 105 short tons (64 to 95 t; 63 to 94 long tons). The train's speed is limited to 25 ...

  9. List of railway vehicles - Wikipedia

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    A Aircraft parts car Autorack Autorail Aérotrain 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) Comboliner Comet (passenger car) Control car (rail) Couchette car Covered hopper Crane (railroad) Crew car Contents: Top 0 ...

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