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railroad car
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vehicle used for carrying cargo or passengers on rail transport system
A railroad car is a vehicle designed to carry cargo or passengers along train tracks as part of a rail transport system. It matters because it enables the efficient movement of large quantities of goods and people over long distances.
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- train
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- Inside an abandoned carriage in As, Belgium (1973 ANF Frangeco Crespin Blanc-Misseron Nord France, DSCF3163-hdr).jpg
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Restored clerestory cars on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, Wisconsin A freight car (boxcar type) for the South Australian Railways, 1926
A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), 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). Such cars, when coupled together and hauled by one or more locomotives, form a train. Alternatively, some passenger cars are self-propelled, in which case they may be either single railcars or make up multiple units.
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