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Puffing Billy (locomotive)
Puffing Billy is an early British steam locomotive built in 1813–1814 at Wylam Colliery near Newcastle by William Hedley, and the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, preserved in London.
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.
Push–pull train
A push–pull train is a passenger train with a locomotive at one end and a driving cab at the other, letting the driver control the locomotive remotely from either end.
Queensland AC16 class locomotive
The Queensland Railways AC16 class, nicknamed the "Yanks", was twenty 2-8-2 steam locomotives built by Baldwin in the United States in 1943 under Lend-Lease during World War II.
Queensland C17 class locomotive
The Queensland Railways C17 class was a class of 227 superheated 4-8-0 steam locomotives built between 1920 and 1953, the mainstay of the state's steam fleet, and nicknamed the Brown Bombers in its final batch.
Quill drive
Quill drive is a railway traction transmission in which a hollow shaft around the driving axle carries torque from a sprung traction motor to the wheels.
R160 (New York City Subway car)
The R160 is a class of New York City Subway cars built by Alstom and Kawasaki between 2005 and 2010 for the B Division lettered lines.
R179 (New York City Subway car)
The R179 is a class of 318 New York City Subway cars built by Bombardier for the B Division, serving the A, C, J, and Z lines.
R211 (New York City Subway car)
The R211 is a New York City Subway car class built by Kawasaki, ordered in 2018, with wider doors and open gangways, entering service in 2023.
R268 (New York City Subway car)
The R268 is a planned class of 378 New York City Subway cars ordered from Kawasaki in 2025, replacing the R68 and R68A fleets on the lettered lines.
R62 (New York City Subway car)
The R62 is a class of 325 New York City Subway cars built by Kawasaki of Japan, delivered from 1983 to 1985 and serving the A Division.
Rail vehicle maintenance regimes
Rail vehicle maintenance regimes schedule railway rolling stock upkeep by mileage, by time, or by condition monitoring; in the EU every vehicle must belong to an entity in charge of maintenance.
Railbus
A railbus is a lightweight passenger railway vehicle resembling a bus, often built with road-bus components, developed to serve little-used branch lines at low cost.
Railcar
A railcar, or rail motor, is a self-propelled railway vehicle carrying passengers or freight without a separate locomotive, either as a single unit or part of a multiple unit.
Railcar mover
A railcar mover is a self-propelled, usually bi-modal road-rail vehicle that travels on tires and rails to move railroad cars short distances without a locomotive, in industrial yards and docks.
Railmotor
A railmotor, also written rail motor, is a self-propelled railway passenger coach with its steam engine built into the body, pioneered in Britain from the 1840s.
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.
Railway coupling
Railway coupling, also called railroad coupling, is the mechanism connecting rail vehicles and transmitting tractive and braking forces, ranging from manual buffer-and-screw couplings to the knuckle coupler and automatic couplers.
Railway roundhouse
A railway roundhouse, also called a railroad roundhouse, is a circular engine shed whose stabling and repair roads radiate from a central turntable, letting locomotives be turned and spotted with a single movement.
Railway Technical Centre
The Railway Technical Centre in Derby, England, was British Rail's central research and engineering complex, opened in 1964 and described in 1979 as the world's largest railway research center.
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.
Renfe Class 333
The Renfe Class 333 is a six-axle diesel-electric locomotive built for the Spanish state railway Renfe between 1974 and 1976, and rebuilt in the 2000s.
Replica pioneer locomotives of Britain and North America
Replica pioneer locomotives of Britain and North America are full-size working copies of early engines like Rocket, Locomotion No 1, and Jupiter, built mostly for anniversaries.
Replicas of Stephenson's Rocket
Replicas of Stephenson's Rocket are full-size reconstructions of the 1829 locomotive that won the Rainhill Trials, built since 1881 as working engines, static exhibits, and film props.
Reporting mark
A reporting mark is an alphabetic code assigned by the Association of American Railroads that identifies the railroad or private owner of a railcar, trailer, or container.
Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 I
The Rhaetian Railway Ge 6/6 I, nicknamed the Rhaetian Crocodile, is a six-axle electric locomotive built for the Swiss RhB railway between 1921 and 1929.
Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) was a Cornish engineer who developed the high-pressure steam engine and built early steam locomotives, including one that hauled a train in Wales in 1804.
Road–rail vehicle
A road–rail vehicle, also called a hi-rail vehicle, is a vehicle or construction machine that travels on ordinary roads and on railway track, used mainly for rail maintenance.