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First Rail London
First Rail London is a subsidiary of FirstGroup plc that has operated the London Overground, a six-route suburban network, under contract to Transport for London since 2026.
First transcontinental railroad
The first transcontinental railroad, originally called the Pacific Railroad and later the Overland Route, was a 1,776-mile line completed in 1869 connecting Omaha, Nebraska, with San Francisco Bay.
Fishplate
A fishplate, also called an angle bar or splice bar, is a metal bar bolted to the sides of two rail ends to join them in railway track.
Flatcar
A flatcar, also called a flat wagon, is a railroad freight car consisting of a flat deck with no sides, ends, or roof, carrying weather-tolerant cargo.
Flinders Street railway station
Flinders Street railway station, opened in 1854 as Melbourne Terminus, was the first railway station in an Australian city; its 1910 domed building is a Melbourne landmark.
Floating slab track
Floating slab track is a railway trackform in which a concrete slab carrying the rails sits on resilient bearings to reduce ground-borne vibration from trains.
Florida East Coast Railway
The Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) is a freight railroad running 351 miles along Florida's Atlantic coast from Jacksonville to Miami, founded by Henry Flagler in 1895.
Floridian (train)
The Floridian, also known as the Amtrak Floridian, is an Amtrak long-distance train between Chicago and Miami, launched in 2024 and combining the former Capitol Limited and Silver Star.
Flushing–Main Street station (IRT Flushing Line)
Flushing–Main Street is the eastern terminus of the 7 train in downtown Flushing, Queens, opened in 1928 and among the busiest New York City Subway stations outside Manhattan.
Follo Line
The Follo Line (Follobanen) is a 22 km double-track railway in Norway running from Oslo S to Ski, opened in December 2022 and halving journey times to 11 minutes.
Fowler's Ghost
Fowler's Ghost was an experimental fireless, condensing steam locomotive built in 1861 to John Fowler's design for London's Metropolitan Railway; it failed its trials and was scrapped.
Frankston line
The Frankston line, also called the Frankston railway line, is an electrified suburban railway in Melbourne running from Flinders Street to Frankston through the bayside southern suburbs.
Franz Krull Sk class
The Franz Krull Sk class was sixteen 750 mm gauge 2-8-0 steam locomotives built by AS Franz Krull in Tallinn between 1931 and 1941 for Estonian narrow-gauge railways.
Frauscher Sensor Technology
Frauscher Sensor Technology is an Austrian railway technology company, founded in 1987 and part of Wabtec since December 2025, making wheel sensors and axle counters.
Frecciarossa 1000
The Frecciarossa 1000 is an Italian high-speed electric train built for Trenitalia by AnsaldoBreda and Bombardier, in service since 2015 with a design speed of 400 km/h.
French locomotive classification
French locomotive classification is the notation used in France to describe a locomotive's axle arrangement and number individual engines, counting axles rather than wheels, from the SNCF's 1938 steam scheme to the European Vehicle Number.
Fruit Growers Express
Fruit Growers Express was an American railroad refrigerator car leasing company founded by Armour and Company in 1895, headquartered in Washington, D.C., serving the eastern United States.
FS Class D.341
The FS Class D.341 was a class of 105 diesel-electric locomotives of the Italian State Railways, built between 1957 and 1963 for passenger trains on non-electrified lines.
FS Class D.445
The FS Class D.445 is a class of 150 Italian diesel-electric locomotives built for Ferrovie dello Stato between 1974 and 1988, with a top speed of 130 km/h.
FS Class E.444
The FS Class E.444 was a class of 117 electric locomotives of the Italian state railways, nicknamed Tartaruga, built from 1967 and serving fast InterCity trains until withdrawal in 2019.
FS Class E.464
The FS Class E.464 is a single-cab, four-axle electric locomotive built by Bombardier in Vado Ligure, Italy, for Trenitalia's regional passenger trains, with roughly 700 units delivered from 1999.
FS Class E.656
The FS Class E.656, nicknamed Caimano, is a 3,000 V DC electric locomotive built for the Italian State Railways between 1975 and 1989 in 461 units.
FS Class ETR 600
FS Class ETR 600 is a class of seven-car high-speed tilting electric trains built by Alstom for the Italian operator Trenitalia, in service since 2008.
Führersonderzug
The Führersonderzug, also called the "Hitler train", was Adolf Hitler's Deutsche Reichsbahn special train, serving as his mobile headquarters during the Second World War from September 1939 under the codenames "Amerika" and "Brandenburg".
Funicular
A funicular, also called a cliff railway, is a cable railway for steep slopes in which two cars counterbalance each other, one ascending while the other descends.
Future of rail transport in India
The future of rail transport in India, also called the future of the Indian Railways, centers on near-complete electrification and a net-zero target by 2030.
Future Railway Mobile Communication System
The Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) is a 5G-based ground-to-train communication standard, defined by the UIC to replace GSM-R before its expected obsolescence around 2035.
Fuxing (复兴) (train)
Fuxing (复兴), also called Fuxing Hao or China Standardized EMU, is a Chinese high-speed train family operated by China Railway since 2017, running at 350 km/h.
Gallery car
Gallery car is a bilevel commuter railroad passenger car, first constructed by the Budd Company for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad in 1950, and is still used on Chicago commuter services.
Galloping Goose (railcar)
The Galloping Goose is a series of seven gasoline-powered railcars built by the bankrupt Rio Grande Southern Railroad from automobile bodies, operated on its narrow gauge Colorado line until 1952.