Motorail
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A motorail train or accompanied car train (ACT) is a passenger train on which passengers can take their car or automobile along with them on their journey. Passengers are carried in normal passenger carriages or in sleeping carriages on longer journeys, while the cars are loaded into autoracks, car-carriers, or flatcars that normally form part of the same train.
A motorail in Italy
Optima Express, 2010
Motorail, railway station Neu-Isenburg, Germany, 2011
A car loaded into a carriage on a train from Helsinki to Kolari. Drivers drive their own cars onto the train as instructed by VR, and then leave the car transport carriages on foot to board the passenger carriages.
Autorack
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An autorack, also known as an auto carrier, is a specialized piece of railroad rolling stock used to transport automobiles and light trucks. Autoracks are used to transport new vehicles from factories to automotive distributors, and to transport passengers' vehicles in car shuttles and motorail services, such as Amtrak's Auto Train route.
A modern German autorack similar to the original design with a full load of automobiles
The open end of a bi-level autorack that is undergoing repairs
Chevy Vegas loaded on Vert-a-pac
Articulated auto-rack