The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars, and non-revenue c
Variety of rolling stock in rail yard in Germany
American Steam and diesel locomotives
Electric locomotive in Romania
Diesel multiple unit (DMU)
Rail transport is a mode of transport using wheeled vehicles running on tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, nex
Rolling stock
…The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches…
A train in Alaska transporting crude oil in March 2006
A 16th-century mine-cart, an early example of un-powered rail transport, used man power to operate.
A replica of a "Little Eaton Tramway" wagon, 1795; the tracks are plateways.
A replica of Trevithick's steam engine at the National Waterfront Museum in Swansea, Wales