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A '''Railcar''' (U.S. English) is a [[railroad]] vehicle for carrying freight. There are different types of railcar for different purposes, e.g. Hopper car, Tank car, Gondola car.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140327040407/http://www.americanrailcar.com/RailcarManufacturing.aspx</ref>
A '''Railcar''' (U.S. English) is a [[railroad]] vehicle for carrying freight. <ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20140327040407/http://www.americanrailcar.com/RailcarManufacturing.aspx</ref>
==Types of railcar==
* Gondola car, an open car for carrying general freight
* Tank car, for carrying liquids, such as oil
* Hopper car, for carrying bulk materials, such as grain
* Caboose, the last car in a train, with kitchen and sleeping facilities for the train crew. Automation has made the caboose redundant.<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/caboose</ref>
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