coal cars
Freight train hoppers
Coal cars are railroad freight cars designed to transport coal, typically featuring open tops and sloped floors for easy unloading.
They're a common sight in regions with coal mining or power plants: A long train of coal cars rumbled through town.
The term sometimes appears in discussions of industrial decline or energy transition.
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- open topLacking upper covering
- freightGoods being transported
- locomotiveRailway pulling machine
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
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- coal industrystrip mining, anthracite, underground mining, coke, lignite
- railcarsrailcars, railcar, rolling stock, boxcars, flatcars
- mine haulagemine carts, ore carts, haulage, conveyors, hoists
- steam locomotivessteam engines, steam engine, boiler, firebox, steam trains
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
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