This is a list of all types of vehicle that can be used on a railway, either specifically for running on the rails, or for maintenance or up-keep of a railway.
General classes of railway vehicle
Freight car (US) Goods wagon (UIC) High speed train Locomotive Multiple unit Diesel Multiple Unit Electric Multiple Unit Passenger car or coach Private railroad car Railcar or Railbus Rail motor coach Road-rail vehicle Rolling stock Tilting train Travelling Post Office
Railway vehicles listed by usage
Traction vehicles or propelled cars
Autorail Cab car or Control car (rail) Driving Van Trailer Driving Brake Standard Open Shunter or Switcher Tank locomotive
Passenger use
Baggage car Bilevel car Coach (rail) Comet (railcar) Compartment coach Corridor coach Couchette car Dining car Dome car Observation car Open coach Parlor car Shoreliner Sleeping car Slip coach Superliner (railcar)
Freight use
Container use
Boxmotor CargoSprinter Conflat Double-stack car Megafret
Bulk freight
Boxcar (US) Centerbeam cars Covered hopper Covered wagon (UIC) Double door boxcar Flatcar Gondola (rail) (US) Goods wagon Hicube boxcars Hopper car Open wagon (UIC) Refrigerator car (US) Refrigerated van (UIC) Tank car (US), Tank wagon (UIC)
Special use
Aircraft parts car Autorack Coil car (rail) Lowmac Mineral wagon Quarry tub Schnabel car Slate wagon Stock car (rail)
Multi-modal
Intermodal car Modalohr Road Trailer Carriers Roadrailer Well car
Ancillary vehicles
Brake van Caboose Crane (railroad) Handcar Rollbock wagon Scale test car Transporter wagon Outfit Car or a Camp Car
Military use Railroad plough Railway gun Troop sleeper
Maintenance of Rail vehicles
Adzer/Cribber Anchor machine Ballast cleaner Ballast regulator Ballast tamper Catenary maintenance vehicle Clearance car Comboliner Crew car Dynamometer car Flanger Handcar HiRail truck OTM reclaimer (scrap loader) Railgrinder Rail heater Rotary snowplow Speedswing Speeder Spike puller Spiker Spiker gauger Tie crane Tie extractor/inserter Tie Spacer Track geometry car Track renewal train TR10
Railway vehicles listed alphabetically
A
Aircraft parts car Autorack Autorail Aérotrain
B
Baggage car Ballast cleaner Ballast regulator Ballast tamper Bilevel car Boxcab Boxcar Boxmotor Brake van
C
Cab car Caboose CargoSprinter Centerbeam cars Clearance car Coach (rail) Conflat Container car Coil car (rail) Comboliner Comet (passenger car) Control car (rail) Couchette car Covered hopper Crane (railroad) Crew car
D
Derrick car Diesel Multiple Unit Dining car Dome car Double door boxcar Double-stack car Draisine Driving Van Trailer Driving Brake Standard Open Dynamometer car
E
Electric Multiple Unit
F
Flatcar Flanger Freight car
G General Utility Van Gondola (rail) Grain car
H
Handcar Hicube boxcar High speed train HiRail truck Hopper car
L
Locomotive Lowmac
M Megafret Modalohr road trailer carriers Multiple unit
O
Observation car Outfit Car or a Camp Car
P
Pacer (train) Passenger car (rail) Pendolino Private railroad car
R
Rail ambulance Railcar Railgrinder Rail motor coach Railroad plough Railway gun Refrigerator car Revenue collection cars Roadrailer Road-rail vehicle Rollbock wagon Rotary snowplow
S
Scale test car Schnabel car Shunter Slate wagon Sleeping car Slip coach Speeder Spiker Steam locomotive Steam railcar Stock car (rail) Superliner (railcar) Switcher
T
Tamper Tank car Tank locomotive Tender Tower car Track geometry car Track renewal train Transporter wagon Travelling Post Office Troop sleeper
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