cattle wagon

Bovine hauling vehicle

A cattle wagon is a railway car designed to transport livestock, with slatted sides for ventilation.

In British usage, the term also refers to any cramped, overcrowded vehicle: We were packed into the train like a cattle wagon.

The phrase carries grim historical weight from its association with deportation trains during the Holocaust.

railroad

boxcar

Enclosed rail freight carrier

train · track · siding · shunting · coupler · depot · junction · terminal · railway · signal

livestock

stockyard

Livestock enclosure for trade

  • corralFenced livestock enclosure
  • feedlotLivestock fattening enclosure
  • chuteInclined passage for descent

branding · herding · rancher · herdsman · bovine · steer · heifer · cow · bull · calf

historical

pioneers

First to explore territory

homesteaders · trek · exodus · Chisholm Trail · drovers · Old West · railhead · Abilene · Dodge City · open range

holocaust

deportation

Legal expulsion from country

memorial · atrocity · victims · testimony · boxcar · crowded · inhumane · survivor · Nazi · persecution

transport

shipment

Goods being transported

logistics · transit · delivery · distribution · carrier · consignment · cartage · drayage · dispatch · trucking

Categories
Opposites
cargo type

cattle wagonpassenger car

Vehicle for transporting people

passenger carriage · coach · Pullman car · sleeper car · passenger coach

comfort and dignity

cattle wagonPullman car

Luxury railway passenger carriage

Orient Express · sleeper car · executive coach · limousine · royal carriage

comfort and dignity of transport

cattle wagonluxury coach

Upscale group transport vehicle

parlor car · club car

Family

cattle, wagon, wagons, cattleman, cattlemen, wagoneer, wagoner

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Top 50,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G