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Goods wagon

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Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: goods cars or freight cars) are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. [1]

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Austauschbauart

The so-called Austauschbauart wagons were German railway vehicles produced from the late 1920s onwards which had common components built to agreed standards.

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Boxcar

A boxcar is a North American railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.

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British Railway Milk Tank Wagon

Milk tank wagons were a common sight on railways in the United Kingdom from the early 1930s to the late 1960s.

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Cargo

In economics, cargo or freight are goods or produce being conveyed – generally for commercial gain – by water, air or land.

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Cavan and Leitrim Railway

The Cavan & Leitrim Railway was a narrow gauge railway in the counties of Leitrim and Cavan in northwest Ireland, which ran from 1887 until 1959.

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Class U special wagon

The International Union of Railways groups all special classes of railway goods wagon (less those in classes F, H, L, S or Z) into Class U in its goods wagon classification system.

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Classification yard

A classification yard (American and Canadian English) or marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, Australian and Canadian English) is a railway yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railway cars onto one of several tracks.

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Combine harvester

The modern combine harvester, or simply combine, is a versatile machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops.

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Covered goods wagon

A covered goods wagon or van is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides and a fixed roof.

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Departmental vehicle

Departmental vehicles, also called departmental wagons or engineering vehicles, are special railway vehicles used to support the engineering functions of the railway.

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Deutsche Bahn

Deutsche Bahn AG (abbreviated as DB, DB AG or DBAG) is a German railway company.

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Dromod railway station

Dromod railway station serves the village of Dromod in County Leitrim and nearby Roosky in County Roscommon.

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Dry ice

Dry ice, sometimes referred to as "cardice" (chiefly by British chemists), is the solid form of carbon dioxide.

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European Train Control System

The European Train Control System (ETCS) is the signalling and control component of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS).

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Flat wagon

Flat wagons (sometimes flat beds, flats or rail flats, US: flatcars), as classified by the International Union of Railways (UIC), are railway goods wagons that have a flat, usually full-length, deck (or 2 decks on car transporters) and little or no superstructure.

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Flatcar

A flatcar (US) (also flat car (US) or flat wagon (UIC)) is a piece of railroad (US) or railway (non-US) rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels.

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Forty-and-eights

Forty-and-eights (Quarante et huit, typically written 40/8 or 40&8) were French 4-wheel covered goods wagons designed to hold 40 men or eight horses.

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General Utility Van

A General Utility Van (GUV) is a type of rail vehicle built by British Rail and its predecessors, which was primarily used for transporting mail and parcels.

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German state railway norms

b 1 --> In German railway engineering, norms (Normalien) are standards for the design and production of railway vehicles.

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German State Railway Wagon Association

The German State Railway Wagon Association (Deutscher Staatsbahnwagenverband) or DWV was an association of the German state railways Länderbahnen founded in 1909.

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Global Positioning System

The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Air Force.

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Gondola (rail)

In US railroad terminology, a gondola is an open-topped rail vehicle used for transporting loose bulk materials.

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Illinois

Illinois is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Intermodal container

An intermodal container is a large standardized shipping container, designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – from ship to rail to truck – without unloading and reloading their cargo.

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International Union of Railways

The UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de fer) or International Union of Railways is an international rail transport industry body.

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International Wagon Regulations

The International Wagon Regulations (Regolamento Internazionale Veicoli or Regolamento Internazionale dei Veicoli) or RIV about the international use of goods wagons in Europe were first agreed between the European railways in 1922.

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John Deere

John Deere is the brand name of Deere & Company, an American corporation that manufactures agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery, diesel engines, drivetrains (axles, transmissions, gearboxes) used in heavy equipment, and lawn care equipment.

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Kornwestheim

Kornwestheim is a town in the district of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Kriegsbauart

The German term Kriegsbauart (wartime class) refers to railway goods wagon classes that were developed during the Second World War for the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

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Kunze-Knorr brake

The Kunze-Knorr brake (Kunze-Knorr-Bremse or KK-Bremse) is an automatic compressed-air brake for goods, passenger and express trains.

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Länderbahnen

The Länderbahnen (singular: Länderbahn) were the various state railways of the German Empire in the period from about 1840 to 1920, when they were merged into the Deutsche Reichsbahn after the First World War.

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Linienzugbeeinflussung

Linienzugbeeinflussung (or LZB) is a cab signalling and train protection system used on selected German and Austrian railway lines as well as the AVE in Spain.

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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.

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List of rolling stock manufacturers

Throughout railroad history, many manufacturing companies have come and gone.

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.

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Lowmac

Lowmac is a United Kingdom railway term for a design of low-floored ('well') wagon.

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Mineral wagon

A mineral wagon or coal truck (British English) is a small open-topped railway goods wagon used in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to carry coal, ores and other mine products.

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Mobile post office

Mobile post offices deliver mail and other postal services through specially equipped vehicles, such as trucks and trains.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Open wagon

Open wagons form a large group of railway goods wagons designed primarily for the transportation of bulk goods that are not moisture-retentive and can usually be tipped, dumped or shovelled.

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Post Office Sorting Van

A Post Office Sorting Van is a type of rail vehicle built for use in a Travelling Post Office.

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Rail ambulance

A Rail Ambulance is a vehicle used for medical transportation services on railway lines.

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Rail freight transport

Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.

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Railroad car

A railroad car or railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon or railway carriage (British English and UIC), also called a train car or train wagon, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport system (a railroad/railway).

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Railway air brake

A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium.

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Railway coupling

A coupling (or a coupler) is a mechanism for connecting rolling stock in a train.

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Refrigerated van

A refrigerated van (also called a refrigerated wagon) is a railway goods wagon with cooling equipment.

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Reporting mark

A reporting mark is an alphabetic code of one to four letters used to identify owners or lessees of rolling stock and other equipment used on certain railroad networks.

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Rochelle, Illinois

Rochelle is a city in Ogle County, Illinois, United States.

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Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in rail transport industry originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway.

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Stock car (rail)

In railroad terminology, a stock car, cattle car or cattle wagon (British English) is a type of rolling stock used for carrying livestock (not carcasses) to market.

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Tank car

A tank car (International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities.

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Train

A train is a form of transport consisting of a series of connected vehicles that generally runs along a rail track to transport cargo or passengers.

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Transponder

In telecommunication, a transponder can be one of two types of devices.

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Tyrone, Pennsylvania

Tyrone is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, northeast of Altoona, on the Little Juniata River.

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UIC classification of goods wagons

This list contains the UIC classification of goods wagons and their meanings.

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UIC wagon numbers

Wagon numbers (or coach numbers) are key data for railway operations.

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Union of German Railway Administrations

The Union of German Railway Administrations (Verein Deutscher Eisenbahnverwaltungen) or VDEV emerged in 1847 from the Association of Prussian Railways (Verband der preußischen Eisenbahnen), which had been founded on 10 November 1846 by the ten Prussian railway administrations in order to simplify the standardisation of resources, equipment and regulations between the individual administrations.

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Unique identifier

With reference to a given (possibly implicit) set of objects, a unique identifier (UID) is any identifier which is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used for those objects and for a specific purpose.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Verbandsbauart

The German term Verbandsbauart describes both a type of goods wagon as well as a type of tram.

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Wagon with opening roof

The wagon with opening roof is a type of railway goods wagon that is, nowadays, defined and standardised by the International Union of Railways (UIC) as Class "T".

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War reparations

War reparations are payments made after a war by the vanquished to the victors.

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Well car

A well car, also known as a double-stack car or stack car (also well wagon), is a type of railroad car specially designed to carry intermodal containers (shipping containers) used in intermodal freight transport.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goods_wagon

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