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
Railway vehicles listed by usage
Traction vehicles or propelled cars
Passenger use
Freight use
Container use
- Boxmotor
- CargoSprinter
- Conflat
- Double-stack car
- Megafret
Bulk freight
Specialist use
Multi-modal
- Intermodal car
- Modalohr Road Trailer Carriers
- Roadrailer
- Well car
Ancillary vehicles
Military use
- Railroad plough
- Railway gun
- Troop sleeper
Maintenance of way vehicles
Railway vehicles listed alphabetically
A
- Aircraft parts car
- Autorack
- Autorail
B
C
D
E
- Electric Multiple Unit
F
- Flatcar
- Flanger
- Freight car
G
- General Utility Van
- Gondola (rail)
- Grain car
H
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
R
S
T
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