# List of railway vehicles

This is a list of all types of vehicle that can be used on a railway, either specifically for running on the rails, or for maintenance or up-keep of a railway.

## General classes of railway vehicle

* Freight car (US)
* Goods wagon (UIC)
* High speed train
* Locomotive
* Multiple unit
** Diesel Multiple Unit
** Electric Multiple Unit
* Passenger car or coach
* Private railroad car
* Railcar or Railbus
* Rail motor coach
* Road-rail vehicle
* Rolling stock
* Tilting train
* Travelling Post Office

## Railway vehicles listed by usage
### Traction vehicles or propelled cars

* Autorail
* Cab car or Control car (rail)
* Driving Van Trailer
* Driving Brake Standard Open
* Shunter or Switcher
* Tank locomotive

### Passenger use

* Baggage car
* Bilevel car
* Coach (rail)
* Comet (railcar)
* Compartment coach
* Corridor coach
* Couchette car
* Dining car
* Dome car
* Observation car
* Open coach
* Parlor car
* Shoreliner
* Sleeping car
* Slip coach
* Superliner (railcar)

### Freight use
#### Container use

* Boxmotor
* CargoSprinter
* Conflat
* Double-stack car
* Megafret

#### Bulk freight

* Boxcar (US)
* Centerbeam cars
* Covered hopper
* Covered wagon (UIC)
* Double door boxcar
* Flatcar
* Gondola (rail) (US)
* Goods wagon
* Hicube boxcars
* Hopper car
* Open wagon (UIC)
* Refrigerator car (US)
* Refrigerated van (UIC)
* Tank car (US), Tank wagon (UIC)

#### Special use

* Aircraft parts car
* Autorack
* Coil car (rail)
* Lowmac
* Mineral wagon
* Quarry tub
* Schnabel car
* Slate wagon
* Stock car (rail)

#### Multi-modal

* Intermodal car
* Modalohr Road Trailer Carriers
* Roadrailer
* Well car

### Ancillary vehicles

* Brake van
* Caboose
* Crane (railroad)
* Handcar
* Roll-block wagon
* Scale test car
* Transporter wagon
* Outfit Car or a Camp Car

### Military use

* Railroad plough
* Railway gun
* Troop sleeper

### Maintenance of Rail vehicles

* Adzer/Cribber
* Anchor machine
* Ballast cleaner
* Ballast regulator
* Ballast tamper
* Catenary maintenance vehicle
* Clearance car
* Comboliner
* Crew car
* Dynamometer car
* Flanger
* Handcar
* HiRail truck
* OTM reclaimer (scrap loader)
* Railgrinder
* Rail heater
* Rotary snowplow
* Speedswing
* Speeder
* Spike puller
* Spiker
* Spiker gauger
* Tie crane
* Tie extractor/inserter
* Tie Spacer
* Track geometry car
* Track renewal train
* TR10

## Railway vehicles listed alphabetically

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* D
* E
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### A

* Aircraft parts car
* Autorack
* Autorail
* Aérotrain

### B

* Baggage car
* Ballast cleaner
* Ballast regulator
* Ballast tamper
* Bilevel car
* Boxcab
* Boxcar
* Boxmotor
* Brake van

### C

* Cab car
* Caboose
* CargoSprinter
* Centerbeam cars
* Clearance car
* Coach (rail)
* Conflat
* Container car
* Coil car (rail)
* Comboliner
* Comet (passenger car)
* Control car (rail)
* Couchette car
* Covered hopper
* Crane (railroad)
* Crew car
* Top
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### D

* Derrick car
* Diesel Multiple Unit
* Dining car
* Dome car
* Double door boxcar
* Double-stack car
* Draisine
* Driving Van Trailer
* Driving Brake Standard Open
* Dynamometer car

### E

* Electric Multiple Unit

### F

* Flatcar
* Flanger
* Freight car

### G

* General Utility Van
* Gondola (rail)
* Grain car

### H

* Handcar
* Hicube boxcar
* High speed train
* HiRail truck
* Hopper car

### L

* Locomotive
* Lowmac
* Top
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* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
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### M

* Megafret
* Modalohr road trailer carriers
* Multiple unit

### O

* Observation car
* Outfit Car or a Camp Car

### P

* Pacer (train)
* Passenger car (rail)
* Pendolino
* Private railroad car

### R

* Rail ambulance
* Railcar
* Railgrinder
* Rail motor coach
* Railroad plough
* Railway gun
* Refrigerator car
* Revenue collection cars
* Roadrailer
* Road-rail vehicle
* Roll-block wagon
* Rotary snowplow

### S

* Scale test car
* Schnabel car
* Shunter
* Slate wagon
* Sleeping car
* Slip coach
* Speeder
* Spiker
* Steam locomotive
* Steam railcar
* Stock car (rail)
* Superliner (railcar)
* Switcher

### T

* Tamper
* Tank car
* Tank locomotive
* Tender
* Tower car
* Track geometry car
* Track renewal train
* Transporter wagon
* Travelling Post Office
* Troop sleeper