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British Royal Train
The British Royal Train is a set of railway carriages built for travel by the British monarch, in service since 1977 and scheduled for decommissioning in 2027.
British steam railcars
British steam railcars were self-propelled passenger carriages with a built-in steam engine, running British branch lines from about 1900, most notably the GWR's 99 railmotors.
Broad-gauge railway
A broad-gauge railway, or broad-gauge railroad, uses track wider than the 1,435 mm standard gauge, including 1,520 mm in Russia and 1,676 mm in India, Pakistan, and Spain.
Broadway Limited
The Broadway Limited, originally the Pennsylvania Special, was the Pennsylvania Railroad's flagship extra-fare overnight train between New York and Chicago from 1912, running under Amtrak until 1995.
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), founded in 1863, is a railroad union representing more than 51,500 engineers, conductors, and other train service employees in the United States.
Brussels-South railway station
Brussels-South railway station, known as Bruxelles-Midi in French and Brussel-Zuid in Dutch, is Brussels' main station and Belgium's busiest, handling almost every international train including Eurostar to London.
BTS Skytrain (รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส)
The BTS Skytrain (รถไฟฟ้าบีทีเอส), also called the Bangkok BTS, is Bangkok's elevated rapid transit system and the first in Thailand, opened in 1999 and grown to 60 stations on two lines.
Buchli drive
The Buchli drive is a single-axle electric locomotive drive invented by Swiss engineer Jakob Buchli for Brown, Boveri & Cie, powering the Swiss Ae 3/6 I and Ae 4/7 from 1920.
Budapest Metro
The Budapest Metro (Budapesti metró) is the rapid transit network of Budapest, Hungary, with four lines, the first of which opened in 1896 as continental Europe's first underground railway.
Budd Rail Diesel Car
The Budd Rail Diesel Car, also known as the Buddliner, is a self-propelled stainless steel diesel railcar built in five models by the Budd Company between 1949 and 1962.
Buenos Aires Underground 200 Series
The Buenos Aires Underground 200 Series is a fleet of Chinese-built electric metro trains that replaced the century-old La Brugeoise cars on Line A in 2013.
Buffalo Metro Rail
Buffalo Metro Rail is a single-line light rail system in Buffalo, New York, operated by NFTA-Metro and opened in 1985, running along Main Street downtown to UB South Campus.
Buffing and draft gear
Buffing and draft gear is the assembly of springs, friction elements, and coupler hardware at a railcar's ends that cushions pulling and pushing forces between train vehicles.
Burari metro station
Burari metro station (बुराड़ी) is an elevated station on the Pink Line of the Delhi Metro serving Burari in North Delhi, opened in March 2026.
Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
The Bureau of Transportation, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Toei, 都営) is Tokyo's public transport authority, founded in 1911, operating the four-line Toei Subway, buses, and streetcar, with about 3.4 million daily passengers.
Burma Railway (ทางรถไฟสายมรณะ)
The Burma Railway, also known as the Death Railway or Thai–Burma Railway, is a 415-kilometer railway built by Japan in 1942 and 1943 with Allied prisoners and forced laborers.
C2c
C2c is a British train operating company running commuter services from London Fenchurch Street to Shoeburyness, serving 26 stations; since 20 July 2025 it has operated under public ownership as c2c Railway Limited.
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.
Cab signalling
Cab signaling is a railway communications system that displays signal indications and permitted speeds inside the locomotive cab; combined with automatic train control, it can enforce speed restrictions.
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.
Căile Ferate Române
Căile Ferate Române (CFR), Romanian for Romanian Railways, is Romania's national railway system, divided in 1998 into state companies managing infrastructure, passenger trains, and freight.
Cairo Metro (مترو أنفاق القاهرة)
The Cairo Metro is the rapid transit network serving Greater Cairo, Egypt, with three lines, the first opened in 1987 and carrying over 4 million passengers daily.
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a Scottish railway company, incorporated in 1845, that operated the main west-coast route from Carlisle to Glasgow and Edinburgh and joined the LMS in 1923.
Caledonian Sleeper
The Caledonian Sleeper, also called the Deerstalker, is a group of overnight trains running six nights a week between London Euston and Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, and Fort William.
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.
California High-Speed Rail
California High-Speed Rail is a publicly funded rail project linking San Francisco and Los Angeles with electric trains at up to 220 mph, now under construction in the Central Valley.
California Zephyr
The California Zephyr is a 2,438-mile Amtrak long-distance train from Chicago to Emeryville, California, via Denver, Salt Lake City, Reno, and Sacramento, Amtrak's longest daily route.
Caltrain
Caltrain, also known as the San Francisco Peninsula Commuter Rail, is a commuter rail service from San Francisco to San Jose and Gilroy, California, electrified in 2024.