(rail, US) A nonhazardous railroad freight car in a train, typically used to separate locomotives and their crews from freight cars carrying hazardous materials.
(rail, US) A nonhazardous railroad freight car in a train, typically used to separate locomotives and their crews from freight cars carrying hazardous materials.
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(US) Any railway vehicle or rolling stock.
The standard American English term for any railway vehicle used to carry passengers or freight — equivalent to the British carriage or wagon. The term covers passenger cars, freight cars, tank cars, and so on. A basic vocabulary item in US railway and transportation contexts.
(US) A railway wagon for carrying goods.
(rail, US) A railroad passenger car that is either privately owned or used privately, or both.
(rail, US) A railroad car designed to carry passengers.