Rolling stock

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Rolling stock is the collective term that describes all the vehicles which move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons^[1][2][3][4]. The term is sometimes used to refer only to non-powered vehicles, specifically excluding locomotives^[5].

The term contrasts with fixed stock, which is a collective term for the track, signals, stations and buildings etc. necessary to operate a railway. However this latter term is now much less widely used than rolling stock. Fixed stock is also called infrastructure.

[edit] References

1. ^ Yaxham Light Railway rolling stock page.
2. ^ Definition of "rolling stock" from the Oxford English Dictionary Accessed 5 February 2007 (subscription service)].
3. ^ Definition of "rolling stock" from the Concise Oxford Dictionary.
4. ^ Definition from the American Heritage Dictionary.
5. ^ Network Rail guidance for storage and recommissioning of Traction and Rolling Stock.

[edit] See also

• List of railway vehicles

Docklands Light Railway rolling stock Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock London Underground rolling stock Naming of British railway rolling stock New York City Subway Rolling Stock

Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway ROSCO Washington Metro rolling stock Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) Toronto subway and RT rolling stock

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