rolling stock
Railway fleet collectively
Rolling stock refers to the wheeled vehicles that move on a railway—locomotives, passenger cars, freight cars, and other rail-mounted equipment.
The term distinguishes mobile assets from fixed infrastructure like tracks and stations.
In finance, rolling stock sometimes extends to any fleet of vehicles owned by a company: The trucking firm expanded its rolling stock.
Machine producing motion
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- electricPowered by current
- steam locomotiveRail engine burning fuel for motion
- tenderSoft or sore
shunter · switcher · booster · railcar · pantograph · headlamp · coupler · bogie
Wheeled passenger vehicle
- coachOne who instructs
- sleeperOne at rest
- dining carTrain's onboard restaurant
- observation carWindowed train carriage for scenery
baggage car · compartment · berth · cabin · bi-level · tri-level · parlor car · club car
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
- hopperTapered dispensing container
intermodal · container · refrigerator car · grain car · bulkhead · tank wagon
Underground transit vehicle
- tramUrban rail vehicle
- streetcarRail-bound urban trolley
- subway carUnderground train compartment
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
monorail · people mover · cable car · funicular · interurban · third rail · overhead wire · pantograph
Vehicle clearing frozen precipitation
- weed sprayerDevice dispensing plant killer
- snow blowerMachine that clears driveways
engine
Machine producing motion
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
- electricPowered by current
- steam locomotiveRail engine burning fuel for motion
tender · shunter · switcher · booster · railcar · pantograph · headlamp · coupler · bogie · turntable
carriage
Wheeled passenger vehicle
- coachOne who instructs
- sleeperOne at rest
- dining carTrain's onboard restaurant
observation car · baggage car · compartment · berth · cabin · bi-level · tri-level · parlor car · club car · lounge car
boxcar
Enclosed rail freight carrier
- gondolaSuspended transport cabin
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- flatcarSideless railroad freight carrier
hopper · intermodal · container · refrigerator car · grain car · bulkhead · tank wagon
metro car
Underground transit vehicle
- tramUrban rail vehicle
- streetcarRail-bound urban trolley
- subway carUnderground train compartment
trolley · monorail · people mover · cable car · funicular · interurban · third rail · overhead wire · pantograph
snowplow
Vehicle clearing frozen precipitation
- weed sprayerDevice dispensing plant killer
- snow blowerMachine that clears driveways
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
- rail traveltrain, trains, train car, station, stations
- railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
- railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
- model trainsmodel trains, train set, train sets, electric trains, electric train
- capital equipmentmachinery, heavy equipment, factories, generators, turbines