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| train | train | Zug | pociąg | vonat | train | treno | group of coupled railway vehicles |
formation,
rake,[a]
set,[b]
unit[c] | consist,
trainset | | skład | vonat-
összeállítás | | | specific grouping (configuration)
of coupled railway vehicles |
| | Rollmaterial | tabor | vasúti
jármű | | | railway vehicle |
| | Triebfahrzeug
(Tfz.) | | vasúti
vontatójármű | | | powered railway vehicle |
locomotive
(loco),
engine | locomotive
(loco),
engine | Lokomotive
(Lok) | lokomotywa | mozdony,
lokomotív
(archaic) | locomotive | locomotiva | powered railway vehicle
without a passenger compartment |
| A unit,
mother | | | | | | multiple unit locomotive
capable of controlling (and powering)
a B unit or a slug |
| B unit,
booster unit,
cabless,
slave | | | | | | cabless multiple unit locomotive
capable of being controlled by an A unit |
| slug | | | | | | cabless, remotely powered multiple unit
railway vehicle capable of being powered
and controlled by an A unit |
shunter (UK/AU),
shunting engine,
yard pilot (AU) | switcher,
switch engine,
yard goat | | lokomotywa manewrowa | tolatómozdony | | | locomotive intended for
moving other rolling stock (shunting)
on railway shunting yards |
| road switcher | | | | | | locomotive intended both for
moving other rolling stock (shunting)
on railway shunting yards and for acting as
a regular locomotive outside shunting yards |
multiple unit
(MU) | multiple unit
(MU) | | zespół trakcyjny | | | | railway vehicle capable of
controlling (and powering)
another railway vehicle |
| power car | power car | Triebkopf | wagon silnikowy | hajtófej | | | |
| trainset | Triebzug | | motorvonat | | | |
motor coach,
railcar/railmotor
(non-pulling vehicle) | motorcar,
railmotor,
motor,
box motor,
doodlebug
(non-pulling vehicle) | Triebwagen | wagon silnikowy, wagon motorowy | motorkocsi | autorail | automotrice | powered railway vehicle
with a passenger compartment |
| | Gepäcktriebwagen | | poggyászmotorkocsi | | | motor coach with a luggage compartment |
control car,
control trailer,
driving trailer,
driving van
trailer (DVT) | cab car | Steuerwagen | wagon
sterowniczy,
wagon
rozrządczy | vezérlőkocsi | | | |
generator car,
generator van | head end
power car
(HEP car),
power car | | | fűtőkocsi | | | |
brake van,
guard's van | caboose | Begleitwagen, Güterzuggepäckwagen | brankard | fékezőkocsi | | | |
travelling post office
(TPO) | railway post office
(RPO) | | wagon pocztowy | postakocsi | | | |
| railway carriage | railroad car,
railcar | | | vasúti kocsi | | | |
railway coach,
railway car | passenger car | Personenwagen | wagon osobowy | személykocsi | | | |
goods wagon,
freight wagon | goods car,
freight car | Güterwagen | wagon towarowy | teherkocsi,
tehervagon, vagon | | | |
| boxcar | | | teherkocsi,
tehervagon | | | |
| flatcar | | | pőrekocsi | | | |
refrigerated van,
refrigerated wagon | refrigerator car,
reefer | | | hűtőkocsi,
hűtővagon | | | |
tank wagon,
tanker wagon | tank car | | | tartálykocsi | | | |
| railbus | | Schienenautobus,
Schienenbus | autobus szynowy,
szynobus | sínautóbusz,
sínbusz | autocar sur
rails | autobus su
rotaia | |
| | Straßenbahnzug | | villamosszerelvény | | | |
| tramcar | streetcar,
trolley car | | | villamoskocsi | | | |
| tram engine | | | | tramway
(archaic) | | | |
underground
car | subway car | | | metrókocsi | | | |
articulated
motor coach | | Gelenktriebwagen | | csuklós
motorkocsi | | | articulated motor coach |
| trailer | | Beiwagen,
Anhanger | | pótkocsi,
pót | | | unpowered, towed tram vehicle |
| | Triebbeiwagen,
geführter
Triebwagen | | motorpótkocsi,
motorpót | | | |