A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British... 25 KB (2,925 words) - 14:03, 28 April 2024 |
Handcar (redirect from Manual railroad car) as a pump trolley, pump car, rail push trolley, push-trolley, jigger, Kalamazoo, velocipede, or draisine) is a railroad car powered by its passengers... 26 KB (3,291 words) - 12:22, 14 March 2024 |
A private railroad car, private railway coach, private car, or private varnish is a railroad passenger car either originally built or later converted for... 9 KB (965 words) - 04:37, 27 October 2023 |
Train ferry (redirect from Railroad car ferry) rolling stock over the canal.[page needed] In April 1836, the first railroad car ferry in the U.S., Susquehanna, entered service on the Susquehanna River... 15 KB (1,927 words) - 23:21, 29 April 2024 |
Pullman Company (redirect from Pullman Palace Car Company) manufacturer of railroad cars in the mid-to-late 19th century through the first half of the 20th century, during the boom of railroads in the United States... 45 KB (4,940 words) - 01:32, 4 April 2024 |
Railways term for a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight. The boxcar, while not the simplest freight car design, is considered... 7 KB (704 words) - 19:05, 28 April 2024 |
American car design favored a single pair of doors at one end of the car in the car's vestibule; compartmentized cars on American railroads featured a... 66 KB (7,811 words) - 22:25, 6 March 2024 |
dome cars were manufactured by the Budd Company, Pullman Standard and American Car & Foundry. Southern Pacific Railroad built its own dome cars in its... 38 KB (4,901 words) - 10:08, 2 May 2024 |
specially fitted railroad cars called Chapel cars to provide religious services and information from the 1890s to the 1930s. The cars served as both a... 27 KB (3,522 words) - 06:30, 27 March 2024 |
The Harding Railroad Car is a historically significant Pullman railroad passenger car located at Pioneer Park (aka Alaskaland) in Fairbanks, Alaska. Also... 4 KB (251 words) - 20:39, 24 November 2023 |
Tender (rail) (redirect from Tender (railroad car)) great-grandson of the founder of the New York Central Railroad; his tender featured a cylindrical body like a tank car with a fuel bunker set into the front end.... 27 KB (3,305 words) - 23:00, 8 January 2024 |
Passenger car may also refer to: Passenger car (Ferris wheel), a compartment for carrying passengers Passenger railroad car, railway rolling stock for carrying... 470 bytes (106 words) - 02:59, 12 June 2023 |
A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (English), also a diner, is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service... 11 KB (1,369 words) - 03:59, 5 March 2024 |
Work train (section Other railroad cars) train/vehicles in the UK) is one or more rail cars intended for internal non-revenue use by the railroad's operator. Work trains serve functions such as... 11 KB (1,202 words) - 20:14, 4 January 2024 |
Train (section Train cars) self-propelled, such as multiple units. Passengers and cargo are carried in railroad cars, also known as wagons. Trains are designed to a certain gauge, or distance... 61 KB (6,248 words) - 05:53, 1 March 2024 |
A tank car (International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) or tanker is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport... 17 KB (1,993 words) - 12:42, 1 May 2024 |
Railroad Car Repair Plant or Svobodnensky car-repair plant (Russian: Свободненский вагоноремонтный завод) is an enterprise for the repair of railroad... 2 KB (116 words) - 12:00, 23 November 2023 |
electric locomotives, diesel multiple units, electric multiple units and railroad cars. When the company began operation in 1991, it was with a collection... 21 KB (1,811 words) - 14:13, 23 April 2024 |
Brake shoe (section Brake shoe for railroad cars) brakes and bicycle brakes. A device that is put on a track to slow down railroad cars is also called brake shoe. The brake shoe carries the brake lining,... 3 KB (455 words) - 05:32, 31 December 2023 |
A well car, also known as a double-stack car (or also intermodal car/container car), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal... 18 KB (1,959 words) - 20:52, 16 December 2023 |
In the spring of 1839, the Cumberland Valley Railroad pioneered sleeping car service in America with a car named "Chambersburg", between Chambersburg and... 41 KB (4,719 words) - 10:21, 28 April 2024 |
Glossary of rail transport terms (redirect from Railroad Terminology) hand-powered railroad car (see Handcar and Draisine), or a small gasoline powered railroad car. Grab bar or Grab iron A handle on the side of a car to allow... 194 KB (23,404 words) - 19:25, 5 March 2024 |
The narrow-gauge railroad of Caprolactam factory in Datchnij settlement is the only railway in Russia hauling salt trains. Is located in Dzerzhinsk. The... 2 KB (197 words) - 03:59, 23 April 2024 |