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Rail wagon

Term · Industrial and trades · MLC-T-IND-004670

A piece of railway rolling stock designed for carrying freight or goods. These vehicles are unpowered and are pulled by locomotives, forming part of a freight train. Wagons come in many forms, such as open-top wagons for bulk materials or covered wagons for weather-sensitive cargo.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-IND-004670
FieldIndustrial and trades
SubjectRail equipment
TranslationsGerman: Schienenwagen; Spanish: vagón plataforma para rieles; French: wagon plat porte-rails
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004670",
  "term": "Rail wagon",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "A piece of railway rolling stock designed for carrying freight or goods. These vehicles are unpowered and are pulled by locomotives, forming part of a freight train. Wagons come in many forms, such as open-top wagons for bulk materials or covered wagons for weather-sensitive cargo.",
  "subject": "Rail equipment",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Schienenwagen",
    "es": "vagón plataforma para rieles",
    "fr": "wagon plat porte-rails"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/rail-wagon/"
}

Record 5,107 of 7,361 in Industrial and trades terminology (MLC-0113). Request the full dataset.