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This is a list of all types of vehicle that can be used on a railway, either specifically for running on the rails, or for maintenance or up-keep of a railway.
General classes of railway vehicle
[edit]Railway vehicles listed by usage
[edit]Traction vehicles or propelled cars
[edit]Passenger use
[edit]Freight use
[edit]Container use
[edit]Bulk freight
[edit]- Boxcar (US)
- Centerbeam cars
- Covered hopper
- Covered wagon (UIC)
- Double door boxcar
- Flatcar
- Gondola (rail) (US)
- Goods wagon
- Hicube boxcars
- Hopper car
- Open wagon (UIC)
- Refrigerator car (US)
- Refrigerated van (UIC)
- Tank car (US), Tank wagon (UIC)
Special use
[edit]Multi-modal
[edit]Ancillary vehicles
[edit]- Brake van
- Caboose
- Crane (railroad)
- Handcar
- Roll-block wagon
- Scale test car
- Transporter wagon
- Outfit Car or a Camp Car[2]
Military use
[edit]Maintenance of Rail vehicles
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- Adzer/Cribber
- Anchor machine
- Ballast cleaner
- Ballast regulator
- Ballast tamper
- Catenary maintenance vehicle
- Clearance car
- Comboliner
- Crew car
- Dynamometer car
- Flanger
- Handcar
- HiRail truck
- OTM reclaimer (scrap loader)
- Railgrinder
- Rail heater
- Rotary snowplow
- Speedswing
- Speeder
- Spike puller
- Spiker
- Spiker gauger
- Tie crane
- Tie extractor/inserter
- Tie Spacer
- Track geometry car
- Track renewal train
- TR10
Railway vehicles listed alphabetically
[edit]A
[edit]B
[edit]C
[edit]D
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E
[edit]F
[edit]G
[edit]H
[edit]L
[edit]M
[edit]O
[edit]- Observation car
- Outfit Car or a Camp Car[2]
P
[edit]R
[edit]S
[edit]T
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ https://www.stb.gov/wp-content/uploads/NGCC-Anderson-2021.pdf
- ^ a b "General Code of Operating Rules: Section 5.12: Protection of Occupied Outfit Cars". Archived from the original on 2002-12-28. Retrieved 2008-06-19.
- ^ "Welcome to Saskrailmuseum.org". Contact Us. September 11, 2008. Archived from the original on October 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-03.
- ^ "Megafret" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-05. Retrieved 2012-11-22.