railcar
Noun
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A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad (synset 102963378)
"three cars had jumped the rails"is a type of: wheeled vehicle - a vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or peoplesubtypes:
- baggage car, luggage van - a railway car where passengers' bags are carried
- cabin car, caboose - a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train
- club car, lounge car - railroad car having a bar and tables and lounge chairs
- freight car - a railway car that carries freight
- guard's van - the car on a train that is occupied by the guard
- handcar - a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor
- mail car - a railway car in which mail is transported and sorted
- carriage, coach, passenger car - a railcar where passengers ride
- slip carriage, slip coach - a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train
- tender - car attached to a locomotive to carry fuel and water
- van - (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight
belongs to: railroad train, train - public transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotivehas: suspension, suspension system - a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
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