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NS Class 1200
The NS Class 1200 was a series of 25 six-axle electric locomotives of the Dutch national railway, built to an American design between 1951 and 1953.
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 Class 69
NSB Class 69, also known as NSB BM69, is a two- or three-car electric multiple unit built for the Norwegian State Railways between 1970 and 1993.
NSB El 18
The NSB El 18 is a class of 22 electric locomotives delivered to the Norwegian State Railways in 1996 and 1997, built by Adtranz and SLM.
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.
NSWGR steam locomotive classification
NSWGR steam locomotive classification is the system the New South Wales Government Railways used to identify its steam classes, alphabetical until a 1924 numbering scheme.
NZR RM class
The NZR RM class, RM for "rail motor", was New Zealand Railways' classification covering all its railcars, from 1920s experiments to the Silver Fern railcars of 1972.
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.
Ome Railway Park
Ome Railway Park (青梅鉄道公園), Ome, Tokyo; open-air JR East railway museum opened 1962 for the 90th anniversary of Japanese railways; 13 vehicles including a British-built 1872 No. 3 locomotive, D51, and enterable 0 series Shinkansen cab; reopened March 2026.
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.
Pantograph (transport)
A pantograph is a roof-mounted apparatus on an electric railway vehicle that collects traction current from the overhead contact wire, whether the train is moving or standing still.
Paris Métro rolling stock
Paris Métro rolling stock is the train fleets operated by RATP on the Paris Métro, in steel-wheeled MF and rubber-tyred MP families, with the first MF 19 entering service in 2025.
Patentee (locomotive)
The Patentee was a 2-2-2 steam locomotive type designed by Robert Stephenson and Company and patented in 1833 as an enlargement of the Planet design.
Peacekeeper Rail Garrison
The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison was a US Air Force plan of the late 1980s to base 50 Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles on 25 trains, terminated in 1991 before deployment.
Pendolino
Pendolino is a family of tilting high-speed electric trains developed by Fiat Ferroviaria and now built by Alstom, running in over 400 trainsets across 14 countries.
Pennsylvania Railroad class S1
The Pennsylvania Railroad class S1, nicknamed the Big Engine, was a single experimental 6-4-4-6 duplex steam locomotive built in 1939, the longest and heaviest rigid-frame passenger locomotive ever built.
Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive classification
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) classified its locomotives with letter-and-number codes instead of builders' names: steam and electric codes encoded wheel arrangement, as in K4s and GG1, while the 1947 diesel scheme encoded the builder.
Percy William Pilcher
Percy William Pilcher, usually recorded as Percy Sinclair Pilcher, was a British engineer who flew hang gliders in the 1890s and set a world gliding distance record of 250 m.
Pershing locomotive
The Pershing locomotive, or Pershing class, was a 2-8-0 steam locomotive built by Baldwin from 1917 to 1919 for American forces in France during World War I.
Pesa
Pesa is a Polish manufacturer of rail vehicles headquartered in Bydgoszcz, the largest in Poland, tracing its origins to railway repair workshops opened there in 1851.
PKP class EU07
The PKP class EU07 is a Polish four-axle universal electric locomotive built under English Electric license at Pafawag and H. Cegielski from 1965 to 1992.
Planet (locomotive)
Planet was an 1830 2-2-0 steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson & Co. for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first with horizontal inside cylinders, the standard locomotive layout.
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 and restoration of railway vehicles
Preservation and restoration of railway vehicles is the practice of keeping historic trains and carriages, balancing operational use against static display under the Riga Charter.
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.
Preserved British Rail diesel locomotives
Preserved British Rail diesel locomotives are more than 250 former BR main-line diesels kept on heritage railways, in museums, and on the national network by preservation groups.
Preserved railway carriages and heritage rolling stock
Preserved railway carriages and heritage rolling stock are historic coaches, brake vehicles, and wagons restored and operated on heritage railways and in museums, cataloged by the RCTS.
Prussian G 12
The Prussian G 12, also known as the Württemberg G 12, was a German three-cylinder heavy freight steam locomotive, a wartime standard design built from 1917.
Prussian state railways
The Prussian state railways, or Preußische Staatseisenbahnen, were the state-owned railways of the Kingdom of Prussia. Expanded by nationalization after 1879, they reached 39,030 km in 1912 and became the Deutsche Reichsbahn in 1920.