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railcar

British  
/ ˈreɪlˌkɑː /

noun

  1. a passenger-carrying railway vehicle consisting of a single coach with its own power unit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Farmers shipping grain paid a 48-cent-a-mile fuel surcharge per railcar in mid-September, more than double the 19-cent surcharge from a year earlier, according to the USDA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

One Equity Partners is investing in railcar and locomotive maintenance and repair services provider Metro East Industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Our tests weeks later revealed that railcar chemicals had even penetrated the business’s silicone wristband products on its shelves.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2024

And apparently you’ll be sipping that drink in a railcar that may remind you of a spacecraft interior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2024

While the other Howard horses filed onto standard horse-class cars, Seabiscuit had earned himself a luxury berth: a full end of a specially modified private Pullman railcar.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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