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Rolling stock

Railway vehicles, powered and unpowered

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railway vehicles

The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can be un-powered, or self-propelled, single or multiple units.

In North America, Australia and other countries, the term consist ( ) is used to refer to the rolling stock comprising a train, a list containing specific information for each car of a train, or a group of locomotives.

In the United States, the term rolling stock has been expanded from the older broadly defined "trains" to include wheeled vehicles used by businesses on roadways.

The word stock in the term is used in a sense of inventory. Rolling stock is considered to be a liquid asset, or close to it, since the value of the vehicle can be readily estimated and then shipped to the buyer without much cost or delay. The term contrasts with fixed stock (infrastructure), which is a collective term for the track, signals, stations, other buildings, electric wires, etc., necessary to operate a railway.

Manufacturers

A large number of companies and government agencies in many countries, past and present, have built rolling stock. The list of rolling stock manufacturers covers many of the largest ones.

Gallery

Rangierbahnhof Seelze Juni.jpg |Variety of rolling stock in rail yard in Germany Frisco and the Zephyr.jpg|American Steam and diesel locomotives Locomotive40-0442-0sncfr.jpg|Electric locomotive in Romania DR1A Vilnius.jpg|Diesel multiple unit (DMU) SBB RABe 523 FLIRT der Zuger S-Bahn.jpg|SBB Electric multiple unit (EMU) 840 010 Tanvald 1.jpg|Articulated diesel railcar Carrozzaz1.jpg|Passenger cars, also called carriages or coaches Hopper cars.jpg|Hopper car, one of many types of revenue freight cars DTTX 724681 20050529 IL Rochelle.jpg|Articulated well cars with intermodal containers Hbills310und311-in-Crailsheim.jpg|European covered goods wagons

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