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Cab (locomotive)
A locomotive cab, also called the driver's cab or crew compartment, is the compartment from which a train's propelling power and brakes are controlled, housing the engineer.
Cab forward
A cab forward is a steam locomotive with the cab at the front of the engine and the smokestack at the rear, most associated with the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Cable car (railway)
A cable car is a rail vehicle pulled by a continuously moving underground cable, which it grips and releases; invented in San Francisco in 1873.
Caboose
A caboose, also called a cabin car or way car, is a crewed railroad car at the rear of a freight train, largely replaced by electronic devices in the 1980s.
California Car (railcar)
The California Car is a bi-level intercity passenger railcar built for Caltrans in the mid-1990s and used on Amtrak's Capitol Corridor and San Joaquins routes in California.
Camelback locomotive
The Camelback locomotive, also called a Mother Hubbard, was an American steam locomotive with the cab mounted astride the boiler ahead of a wide firebox.
Canadian Pacific Railway Weston Shops
The Canadian Pacific Railway Weston Shops, built in Winnipeg in 1903–05, are CP's main heavy repair facility for locomotives and rolling stock, employing up to 3,000 tradesmen at their height.
Carnforth MPD
Carnforth MPD is a former steam locomotive depot at Carnforth, Lancashire, built for the LMS from 1938 to 1944 and the last British Rail depot to close to steam, in August 1968.
ČD Class 363
The ČD Class 363 (Czech: Lokomotivní řada 363), originally ČSD class ES 499.1, is a dual-system electric locomotive built by Škoda Plzeň in 1980–1990, running on both 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC.
China Railway CR200J
The China Railway CR200J, nicknamed the Green Giant (绿巨人), is a 160 km/h power-concentrated Fuxing electric multiple unit with a locomotive-style power car, entering service on China's conventional lines in January 2019.
China Railway CR450AF
The China Railway CR450AF is a prototype Chinese high-speed train built by CRRC Qingdao Sifang and unveiled in 2024, designed to run commercially at 400 km/h.
China Railway CR450BF
The China Railway CR450BF is a prototype high-speed trainset built by CRRC Changchun and unveiled in Beijing in December 2024, designed for 400 km/h commercial operation.
China Railways SS1
The China Railways SS1 (韶山1型, Shaoshan 1) was China's first mainline electric locomotive, developed at Zhuzhou from 1958 and built in 826 units by 1988.
China Railways SS8
The China Railways SS8 (韶山8型) is a four-axle passenger electric locomotive built by Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works, which set a Chinese speed record of 240 km/h in 1998.
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works is an Indian Railways production unit at Chittaranjan, West Bengal, which built steam, diesel, and now electric locomotives, producing a record 700 in 2024-25.
ČKD
ČKD, short for Českomoravská-Kolben-Daněk, was a Czech engineering concern formed in Prague in 1927 that grew into one of Czechoslovakia's largest enterprises; its tram plant was the world's largest producer before the holding's 1998 bankruptcy.
Class E926 Shinkansen
The Class E926 Shinkansen, branded East i, is a six-car track and electrical inspection train that JR East has run on its Shinkansen network since 2001.
Climax locomotive
The Climax locomotive was a geared steam locomotive whose two cylinders drove a central transmission and every wheel, built in Corry, Pennsylvania, from 1888 to 1928 for logging railroads.
Coaches of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The coaches of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway were the passenger coaching stock built by the LMS from 1923 until nationalisation in 1948, in three distinct design periods.
Columbian (locomotive)
The Columbian was a 2-4-2 steam locomotive wheel arrangement, named for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago and best known from a single experimental Baldwin compound.
Comeng (train)
Comeng is the common name for Melbourne's suburban electric multiple unit fleet built by Commonwealth Engineering in Dandenong, in service from 1982 and replaced by X'Trapolis 2.0 trains by about 2030.
Compagnie des Wagons-Lits
Compagnie des Wagons-Lits, also known as Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits, is a Belgian-founded company that operated sleeping and dining cars on other countries' railways from 1876, founded by Georges Nagelmackers.
Condensing steam locomotive
A condensing steam locomotive, or condenser locomotive, reuses its water by condensing exhaust steam instead of venting it, extending range where boiler water was scarce.
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, also known as Grupo CAF, is a Spanish manufacturer of trains, trams, metros, and buses, headquartered in Beasain in the Basque Country.
Corail (train)
Corail, from confort sur rail, is a family of intercity passenger coaches built for the French national railway SNCF from 1975, introducing air conditioning to second class in France.
CR400AF
The CR400AF, part of the Fuxing (复兴号) family, is a Chinese high-speed train developed by CRRC and rated for 350 km/h, entering service on the Beijing–Shanghai line in 2017.
CR400BF
The CR400BF (复兴号 CR400BF) is a Chinese high-speed electric multiple unit developed by CRRC Changchun under the Fuxing brand, running at 350 km/h on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway since 2017.
Crewe Works
Crewe Works, also known as Crewe railway works, is a railway engineering works in Crewe, Cheshire, founded in 1840; once Britain's largest locomotive works, it is now Alstom's UK heavy-overhaul base.
CRH2
The CRH2 is a Chinese 200–250 km/h electric multiple unit family derived by Kawasaki Heavy Industries from the Shinkansen E2-1000 and localized by CSR Qingdao Sifang from 2004.
CRH3
The CRH3 is a family of Chinese high-speed trains derived from the Siemens Velaro and built by CRRC Tangshan, entering service between Beijing and Tianjin in 2008 at 350 km/h.