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Noun: railcar  'reyl,kaa(r)
  1. A wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railway
    "three railcars had jumped the rails";
    - car, railway car [Brit, Cdn], railroad car [N. Amer], railway carriage [Brit, Cdn], bogie [Asia]

Derived forms: railcars

Type of: wheeled vehicle

Part of: railroad train [N. Amer], railway train [Brit, Cdn], train

Encyclopedia: Railcar