Definition of Freight car. Meaning of Freight car. Synonyms of Freight car

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Definition of Freight car

Freight car
Freight Freight, a. Employed in the transportation of freight; having to do with freight; as, a freight car. Freight agent, a person employed by a transportation company to receive, forward, or deliver goods. Freight car. See under Car. Freight train, a railroad train made up of freight cars; -- called in England goods train.

Meaning of Freight car from wikipedia

- classified accordingly as p****enger cars or coaches on the one hand or freight cars (or wagons) on the other. P****enger cars, or coaches, vary in their internal...
- p****engers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of freight cars (US) or goods wagons (International Union of Railways) hauled by one...
- FreightCar America, Inc. is a manufacturer of freight cars for the railway industry. The company employs around 2,000 people, most of them at its 700,000...
- freightcar, which is usually illegal. Illegally hopping a ride on a private freight car began with the invention of the train. In the United States, freighthopping...
- of freight cars may be used by a train, such as: Boxcar Tank Car Hopper Car Covered Hopper Car Centerbeam Car Flatcar Intermodal Well Car Gondola Car Autorack...
- A hopper car (NAm) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car that has opening doors on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo...
- 75 freight cars in 1849. : 20  Two years later, the Pennsy owned 439 freight cars. By 1857, it had 1,861 cars, and in 1866, 9,379 cars.: 663  Freight equipment...
- Railways term for a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight. The boxcar, while not the simplest freight car design, is considered one...
- Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: freight cars), also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered...
- Car Manufacturing Co., for p****enger car and freight car manufacturing; along with a large freight car leasing operation under the parent company's control...