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

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)

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

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

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

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