railcar
IPA: rˈeɪɫkɑr
noun
- (rail transport) A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus.
- (rail transport) A powered single railway vehicle designed for passenger transport, with a driver's cab in both ends; Not to be confused with motor coach/motorcar, which is a powered railway vehicle capable to haul a train.
- (Only in Canada and US) Any unpowered railway vehicle
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Examples of "railcar" in Sentences
- Not only the pick up portfolios, but to place that long term railcar order at the right time.
- Take a train to Princeton Junction and, from there, take the “Dinky” railcar to Princeton, right by the campus.
- If you ride on a railcar of the New York MTA, it most likely started its life in Canada and completed in New York State.
- There, at the Valley Station, I climb into a bright red, parallelogram-shaped railcar designed to "lean" uphill and hang on, back pressed against the seat, for the delightful horror of a thirty-minute ascent.
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