freight car
Train cargo carrier
A freight car is a railroad car designed to carry cargo rather than passengers.
Different types are specialized for particular loads: boxcars for general merchandise, flatcars for lumber or vehicles, tank cars for liquids, hoppers for grain or coal.
The freight train had over a hundred cars.
Sideless railroad freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- reeferCannabis cigarette, dated slang
- hopperTapered dispensing container
stockcar · intermodal · bulkhead · caboose
Things for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- bulkMain mass or size
- grainCereal plant's harvest unit
coal · ore · lumber · automobiles · livestock · chemicals · petroleum · produce
Device linking two things
Goods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- waybillCarrier's shipment instruction sheet
- ladingGoods carried aboard
carload · distribution · forwarding · receiving · routing · tracking · scheduling · inventory
Adding weight or cargo
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- switchingChanging from one to another
- marshallingOrganizing into proper order
- couplingJoint between systems
uncoupling · classification · humping · spotting · weighing · inspection · maintenance · dispatch
flatcar
Sideless railroad freight carrier
hopper · stockcar · intermodal · bulkhead · caboose
goods
Things for sale
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- bulkMain mass or size
grain · coal · ore · lumber · automobiles · livestock · chemicals · petroleum · produce · steel
coupler
Device linking two things
axle · brake · hitch · door · latch · gate · chute · vent · ladder · handbrake
shipment
Goods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- manifestClearly apparent or displayed
- waybillCarrier's shipment instruction sheet
lading · carload · distribution · forwarding · receiving · routing · tracking · scheduling · inventory · supply chain
loading
Adding weight or cargo
- unloadingRemoving contents from carrier
- switchingChanging from one to another
- marshallingOrganizing into proper order
coupling · uncoupling · classification · humping · spotting · weighing · inspection · maintenance · dispatch · routing
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
- trainstrains, train, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive
- freight transportcargo ship, container, cargo plane, semi truck, tanker
- rail transporttrain stations, passenger train, commuter train, express train, steam train
- railroadsteam engine, locomotive, caboose, coal tender, track
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
freight carpassenger car
Vehicle for transporting people
passenger coach · coach · passenger carriage · carriage · Pullman car
freight carfreight truck
Vehicle for hauling cargo
semi-trailer · cargo truck · lorry · delivery truck · eighteen-wheeler
carry, car, freight, freighted, freighter, boxcar, freighting, freight cars, tank car