railroad cars

Coaches on tracks

Railroad cars are the individual vehicles that make up a train, pulled along tracks by a locomotive.

Different types serve different purposes: boxcars carry freight, tanker cars hold liquids, flatcars transport heavy equipment, and passenger cars carry people.

The railroad cars stretched for nearly a mile behind the engine.

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G