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Hopper car and Railroad car

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Difference between Hopper car and Railroad car

Hopper car vs. Railroad car

A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car used to transport loose bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. 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).

Similarities between Hopper car and Railroad car

Hopper car and Railroad car have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Bulk cargo, Coal, Covered hopper, Gondola (rail), Rail transport, Rotary car dumper, Track ballast.

Bulk cargo

Bulk cargo is commodity cargo that is transported unpackaged in large quantities.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Covered hopper

A covered hopper is a railroad freight car designed for carrying dry bulk loads, varying from grain to products such as sand and clay.

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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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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Rotary car dumper

A rotary car dumper or wagon tippler (UK) is a mechanism used for unloading certain railroad cars such as hopper cars, gondolas or lorries (tipplers, UK).

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Track ballast

Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (sleepers) are laid.

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Hopper car and Railroad car Comparison

Hopper car has 21 relations, while Railroad car has 141. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 4.32% = 7 / (21 + 141).

References

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