railcar
Britishnoun
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They slash an air brake hose, causing the mile-long line of railcars to screech to an emergency stop.
From Los Angeles Times
No longer delivered "on the hoof" to cities, cattle were now slaughtered in Chicago and sent East as tinned meat or, after the 1870s, in refrigerated railcars.
From Salon
On Feb. 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the tracks in East Palestine, Ohio, rupturing railcars filled with hazardous materials and fueling chemical fires at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
From Salon
And apparently you’ll be sipping that drink in a railcar that may remind you of a spacecraft interior.
From Los Angeles Times
By roving the station platforms, fare ambassadors can check more people than if scrambling through a crowded railcar, spokesperson Rachelle Cunningham said.
From Seattle Times
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