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New South Wales Government Railways passenger carriages
New South Wales Government Railways passenger carriages include the first all-steel S type fleet, built by Clyde Engineering from 1937 to 1939, and post-war RUB cars.
Norsk Spisevognselskap
Norsk Spisevognselskap (A/S Norsk Spisevognselskap) was a Norwegian railway catering company, founded by NSB in 1919 to operate dining cars, station restaurants, and hotels, and merged into Narvesen in 1975.
NSB B5
NSB B5 is a Norwegian steel-bodied second-class passenger carriage built by Strømmens Værksted from 1977, seating 68 and numbered 26001–26063, later refurbished by Bombardier and used chiefly on the Bergen Line.
NSB WLAB-2
The NSB WLAB-2 is a Norwegian sleeping carriage type built by Strømmen Værksted, with 20 cars delivered between 1986 and 1987 for NSB night trains, now scheduled for replacement.
Observation car
An observation car is a passenger railcar placed at the rear of a train so occupants can watch the track recede, first entering standard service in 1888.
Open wagon
An open wagon, also called an open goods wagon, is a railway freight wagon with no roof, used to carry bulk materials and other weather-tolerant freight.
Orient Express (rolling stock)
The rolling stock of the Orient Express is the sleeping and dining cars owned and staffed by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, beginning with bogie cars introduced in 1883.
Polar Bear Express
The Polar Bear Express is an Ontario Northland passenger train running 299 kilometers between Cochrane and Moosonee, Ontario, carrying passengers and supplies to the James Bay coast since 1964.
Preservation of private railroad cars
Preservation of private railroad cars is the practice of saving, restoring, and operating privately owned passenger railcars called "private varnish", many restored vintage Pullman cars attached to Amtrak trains.
Pullman Company
The Pullman Company, founded as the Pullman Palace Car Company by George Pullman in 1867, built luxurious sleeping cars and operated them on railroads across North America.
Railroad car
A railroad car, also called a railway carriage, wagon, or railcar, is a non-self-propelled railway vehicle designed to carry freight, passengers, or specialized equipment, hauled by one or more locomotives.
Railway air brake
The railway air brake, also called the Westinghouse brake, is a train braking system using compressed air, patented in its fail-safe automatic form by George Westinghouse in 1872.
Railway brake
A railway brake, also called a train brake, is the system that slows and stops a train, most often the fail-safe automatic air brake George Westinghouse patented in 1873.
Refrigerator car
A refrigerator car, or reefer, is an insulated railroad freight car cooled by ice and later mechanical refrigeration, used to carry meat, fruit, and other perishables over long distances.
Salon car
A salon car (German Salonwagen, French voiture salon) is a railway passenger carriage laid out around open salons rather than compartments, built for royalty, governments, and luxury trains.
Shunting (rail)
Shunting, called switching in North America, is the movement of rail vehicles within a yard to attach, detach, or rearrange them, done at scale in classification yards.
Siemens Vectouro
Siemens Vectouro, also known as Siemens Viaggio Next Level, is a family of Siemens Mobility passenger coaches for cross-border European long-distance travel, launched in 2024 and reaching 230 km/h.
Siemens Venture
Siemens Venture is a family of single-level intercity passenger rail cars built by Siemens Mobility in Sacramento for North American operators like Brightline, Amtrak, and VIA Rail.
Sleeping car
A sleeping car, or sleeper carriage, is a railroad passenger car fitted with berths or private rooms so travelers can sleep on overnight journeys, long dominated by George Pullman.
South Australian Railways steel carriage stock
The South Australian Railways steel carriage stock was a fleet of all-steel broad gauge passenger carriages built at the Islington Railway Workshops between 1936 and 1942.
Spirit of Progress
The Spirit of Progress was an express passenger train run by Victorian Railways from 1937 between Melbourne and Albury, Australia's first completely streamlined, air-conditioned, all-steel train.
Superliner (railcar)
The Superliner is a bi-level long-distance passenger railcar operated by Amtrak, built in two generations by Pullman-Standard in the late 1970s and by Bombardier in the 1990s.
Tank car
A tank car, also called a tanker or tank wagon, is a railroad freight car built around a tank for carrying liquids, gases, and bulk commodities such as crude oil and chemicals.
The Overland
The Overland is an Australian passenger train running a daylight service between Adelaide and Melbourne twice weekly, descended from the express that first linked the two capitals in January 1887.
Torpedo car
A torpedo car, also known as a torpedo ladle car, is a torpedo-shaped rail vessel that transports molten pig iron from the blast furnace to the steelmaking plant.
Trailer-on-flatcar
Trailer-on-flatcar, or TOFC, popularly called piggyback, is a rail intermodal method that carries intact highway trailers on flatcars; the first regular service ran in 1926 between Chicago and Milwaukee.
UIC classification of goods wagons
The UIC classification of goods wagons is the European system identifying freight wagons by a twelve-digit number and letter marking, defined by the International Union of Railways.
UIC wagon numbers
UIC wagon numbers, known as European Vehicle Numbers (EVNs), are 12-digit numbers assigned to railway rolling stock in Europe under a scheme published in 1964.
V & SAR The Overland carriages
The V & SAR The Overland carriages were a fleet of 44 steel carriages jointly owned by the South Australian and Victorian Railways for The Overland express between Melbourne and Adelaide.
Victorian Railways E type carriage
Victorian Railways E type carriage: wooden-bodied, steel-underframed side-corridor country express cars designed 1903 by Thomas Tait on Canadian Pacific practice, built 1906–1924 in AE, BE, ABE, BCE and CE forms; 80 km/h limit; survivors at Seymour Railway Heritage Centre.