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Railcar

A railcar (not to be confused with the generic term "railroad car" or "railway car"), or motor car is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The "self-propelled railcar" refers to a railway train consisting of a single coach (or carriage, car, unit), with a driver's cab at one or both ends. In its simplest form, a "railcar"…

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Alternative use

Services

Propulsion systems

Gallery

Replacement

Multiple-unit and articulated railcars

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Railcar

Nodes209
Edges208
Triples162
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009569
Components1

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Railcar

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related to Gallery · 25
Railcar → Austrian, CaliforniaGWR, Croatia, DE, Didcot, Dubrovnik, French, German, Great Western Society, Hungarian, Jamestown, Komarek, Landesbahnen, New York Central, New ZealandWhite Motor Company, Niederösterreich, OxfordshireČSD Class, Pahiatua, Railtown, RM
related to Steam · 22
Railcar → Antwerp, Boussu Works, Bow, British, Cabany, Exposition Universelle, Fifteen, First, Hainaut, His, In Belgium, London, Many British, Mechelen, Paris, Second, Sentinel Waggon Works, The, There, Third-class
related to Railbuses · 20
Railcar → Czech Republic, France, Germany, However, In Australia, In France, Italy, Leyland, Leyland National, New Zealand, Once, Pacer, Rail Motors, Railbuses, Rimutaka Incline, Sweden, They, United Kingdom, Wairarapa, Wellington
related to Battery-electric · 18
Railcar → As, Belgium, Between, British Railways, DB, DB Class ETA, Drumm Battery Train, Edison, Edison-Beach, Experiments, France, Germany, Harcourt Street, In, In Ireland, In New Zealand, Italy, US
related to Petrol · 12
Railcar → Another, Automotor Journal, Birmingham Small Arms Company, Drewry Car Co, For, In, James Sidney Drewry, Petrol Electric Autocar, The, The North-Eastern, UK, Wolseley
related to Services · 10
Railcar → Auckland, Blue Streak, Galloping Goose, In New Zealand, North Island Main Trunk, Railcars, Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Silver Fern, United States, Wellington
related to External links · 8
Railcar → Archived November, Australia, NSW, Railcar Operators Association, The, Wayback MachineStadler RailNorth American, Wiktionary Rail Motor Society, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to General · 8
Railcar → AutorailBilevel, GTWUnimog, HiRail, InternationalEdwards Rail Car CompanyGWR, Motor Car CompanyRailmotorRailway, Rail BEMUBritish Rail RailbusesBudd, Rail Diesel CarBudd SPV-2000CPH, Road-rail
related to Replacement · 8
Railcar → DMU, DMUs, Europe, Japan, Like, Passengers, The, Unit
related to Electric · 7
Railcar → Electric, Exceptions, Pacific Electric Railway, Red Car, Some, Sweden, Switzerland

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railcars railway rail steam used citation needed also electric motor vehicles car railbus railroad railbuses lines passenger british diesel train

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Railcaris arailbus0.90text
Siemensinstance ofsuch vehicles may soon operate in the United States as manufacturers0.80text
Alstominstance ofsuch vehicles may soon operate in the United States as manufacturers0.80text
ADtranz affirm they may be able to produce FRA-compliant versions of their European equipmentinstance ofsuch vehicles may soon operate in the United States as manufacturers0.80text
Railcarrelated to Alternative useIn Australia0.60section
Railcarrelated to Alternative useThis0.60section
Railcarrelated to Alternative useIreland0.60section
Railcarrelated to Alternative useDMU0.60section
Railcarrelated to Alternative useEMU0.60section
Railcarrelated to Alternative useIn North America0.60section
Railcarrelated to Battery-electricExperiments0.60section
Railcarrelated to Battery-electricBelgium0.60section

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