goods train
Non-passenger rail transport
A goods train is a train that carries freight rather than passengers.
The term is standard in British English; Americans say freight train.
The goods train rumbled through the crossing at midnight.
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- refrigerator carInsulated railcar for perishables
tanker · caboose · coupling · buffer · railcar · intermodal · covered wagon · wagon
Goods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- bulkMain mass or size
pallets · container · shipment · haulage · inventory · stockpile · import · export
Path or monitored route
- sidingExterior wall covering
- marshalling yardRail facility for sorting cars
- railyardTrain staging facility
- switchyardRail sorting facility
junction · signal · signalman · yardmaster · gauge · derailment · platform · tunnel
boxcar
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
refrigerator car · tanker · caboose · coupling · buffer · railcar · intermodal · covered wagon · wagon · rolling stock
freight
Goods being transported
- consignmentBatch delivered for selling
- merchandiseCommercial products offered
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
bulk · pallets · container · shipment · haulage · inventory · stockpile · import · export · trade
track
Path or monitored route
- sidingExterior wall covering
- marshalling yardRail facility for sorting cars
- railyardTrain staging facility
switchyard · junction · signal · signalman · yardmaster · gauge · derailment · platform · tunnel · overpass
engine
Machine producing motion
tender · boiler · piston · headlamp · whistle · cab · traction · shunter · pantograph
- trainstrains, locomotive, locomotives, steam locomotive, steam locomotives
- South Asian Railwaysrailway stations, railway station, rail tracks, passenger trains, freight trains
goods trainpassenger train
Rail vehicle carrying people
passenger service · commuter train · express train · intercity train · local train