List of railway vehicles

List of railway vehicles

The 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.

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General classes of railway vehicle

* Locomotive
* Multiple unit
** Electric Multiple Unit
** Diesel Multiple Unit
* Railcar
* Road-rail vehicle
* Passenger car
* Freight car
* Rail motor coach
* High speed train
* Pacer (train)
* Pendolino
* Travelling Post Office

Railway vehicles listed by usage

Traction vehicles or propelled cars

* Autorail
* Cab car or Control car (rail)
* Driving Van Trailer
* Driving Brake Standard Open
* Shunter or Switcher
* Tank locomotive

Passenger use

* Baggage car
* Bilevel car
* Coach (rail)
* Couchette car
* Comet (railcar)
* Dome car
* Dining car
* Observation car
* Sleeping car
* Superliner (railcar)
* Slip coach

Freight use

Container use

* Boxmotor
* CargoSprinter
* Conflat
* Double-stack car

Bulk freight

* Boxcar
* Centrebeam car
* Covered hopper
* Flatcar
* Gondola (rail)
* Hicube boxcar
* Hopper car
* Tank car
* Refrigerator car

pecialist use

* Autorack
* Airplane parts cars
* Coil car (rail)
* Lowmac
* Stock car (rail)
* Schnabel car
* Slate wagon

Multi-modal

* Container car
* Modalohr road trailer carriers
* Roadrailer

Ancillary vehicles

* Brake van
* Caboose
* Crane (railroad)
* Handcar
* Scale test car
* Transporter wagon
* Roll-block wagon
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Military use

* Railway gun
* Railroad plough
* Troop sleeper

Maintenance of way vehicles

* Ballast cleaner
* Clearance car
* Comboliner
* Crew car
* Dynamometer car
* Flanger
* HiRail truck
* Railgrinder
* Rotary snowplow
* Speeder
* Spiker
* Ballast tamper
* Track geometry car

Railway vehicles listed alphabetically

A

* Airplane parts cars
* Autorack
* Autorail

B

* Ballast cleaner
* Baggage car
* Bilevel car
* Boxcar
* Boxmotor
* Brake van

C

* Cab car
* Caboose
* CargoSprinter
* Centrebeam car
* 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

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* Derrick car
* Diesel Multiple Unit
* Dining car
* Dome car
* Double-stack car
* Draisine
* Driving Van Trailer
* Driving Brake Standard Open
* Dynamometer car

E

* Electric Multiple Unit

F

* Flatcar
* Flanger
* Freight car

G

* Gondola (rail)

H

* Handcar
* High speed train
* HiRail truck
* Hicube boxcar
* Hopper car

L

* Locomotive
* Lowmac

M

* Modalohr road trailer carriers
* Multiple unit

O

* Observation car
* Outfit Car or a Camp Car

P

* Pacer (train)
* Passenger car (rail)
* Pendolino

R

* Rail motor coach
* Railcar
* Railgrinder
* Railway gun
* Railroad plough
* Refrigerator car
* Roadrailer
* Road-rail vehicle
* Roll-block wagon
* Rotary snowplow

* Scale test car
* Schnabel car
* Shunter
* Slate wagon
* Sleeping car
* Slip coach
* Speeder
* Spiker
* Stock car (rail)
* Superliner (railcar)
* Switcher

T

* Tamper
* Tank car
* Tank locomotive
* Track geometry car
* Transporter wagon
* Travelling Post Office
* Troop sleeper

References


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