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A Class Ow goods wagon on the Saxon narrow gauge railways with Heberlein brakes Open wagon for peat, 750 mm (2 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) . An open wagon (or truck in the UK) forms a large group of railway goods wagons designed primarily for the transportation of bulk goods that are not moisture-retentive and can usually be tipped, dumped or shovelled.
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 design of the QR was effectively a compromise between the existing designs for medium-sized flat wagons (Q) and medium-sized open wagons (R). [24] The ends were fixed, but the three drop-doors on each side could be removed if required. The first vehicle entered service in March 1889, and was deemed successful.
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 ...
Bogie Open Wagon Piranha: PNA Open Wagon Unnofficial Name [1] Plaice: ZCV 4 Wheel Open Wagon Pollock: ZCA Open Wagon Porpoise: YEA Bogie Chute Wagon Used as part of a continuous welded rail train [1] Prawn: YNO Bogie Flat Wagon Puffin: ZCV 4 Wheel Spoil Wagon Converted from a Catfish wagon [1] Roach: ZDA 4 Wheel Open Wagon [2] Rudd: ZBA 4 Wheel ...
Open wagons. P to 1927 Packwagen. Luggage van (not used for passenger coaches with a luggage compartment which had secondary letter p instead, see below). P from 1928 Privatwagen. Private wagon. Post Postwagen. Post van (to 1927 not used for passenger and goods wagons with a post compartment, which had secondary letters post instead, see below). Pw
The N QR class of trucks were the staple of the Victorian Railways' narrow gauge fleet. 218 examples were constructed between 1898 and 1914, [1] designed as an open wagon with removable end panels as well as three drop-down but removable doors either side.
The first wagons were just open boxes but covered vans were added from the 1860s and a wide range of special wagons were eventually built to handle many specialised traffics. [7] Towards the end of its existence these were all painted in a grey livery, but before that both black and red had been used at different times.