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Rolling stock
Rolling stock
Rolling stock is the collective term that describes all the vehicles that move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons.[1][2][3][4] However, the term is sometimes used to refer only to non-powered vehicles; specifically, excluding locomotives[5] which may be referred to as running stock or motive power. The term contrasts with fixed stock (infrastructure), which is a collective term for the track, signals, stations, other buildings, etc, necessary to operate a railway. • List of railway vehicles • London Underground rolling stock • Naming of British railway rolling stock • Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) • Toronto subway and RT rolling stock
References
Code names
In Great Britain, types of rolling stock were given code names, often of animals, such as "Toad" for a Great Western Railway goods brake van [6]. These codes were telegraphese and were analogous to the SMS language of today. British Railways wagons used for track maintenance were named after fish, e.g. "Dogfish" for a ballast hopper [7].
See also
• Docklands Light Railway rolling stock • Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock • Hong Kong rolling stock • List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock • New York City Subway rolling stock • Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway • ROSCO • Washington Metro rolling stock
[1] "Yaxham Light Railway rolling stock page". http://www.yaxham-lightrailway.fsnet.co.uk/Rolling_Stock/ rolling_stock.html. [2] "Definition of "rolling stock" from the Oxford English Dictionary accessed 5 February 2007 (subscription service)". http://dictionary.oed.com/cgi/entry/ 50208215?single=1&query_type=word&queryword= stock&first=1&max_to_show=10. [3] "Definition of "rolling stock" from the Concise Oxford Dictionary". http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/ rollingstock?view=uk. [4] "Definition from the American Heritage Dictionary". http://www.bartleby.com/61/ 0/R0290000.html. [5] "Network Rail guidance for storage and recommissioning of Traction and Rolling Stock". http://www.rgsonline.co.uk/ docushare/dsweb/Get/Rail-33193/ Gn2571.pdf. [6] http://www.greatwestern.org.uk/ stockcode.htm [7] http://www.btinternet.com/ ~second_engineering/ fishkinds_and_tops.htm
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