Engineering: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), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can be unpowered, or self-propelled, single or multiple units.[1][2][3][4]
In North America, Australia and other countries, the term consist (/ˈkɒnsɪst/ KON-sist) is used to refer to the rolling stock that a train comprises, a list containing specific information for each car of a train, or a group of locomotives.[5][6]: 1‑129
In the United States, the term rolling stock has been expanded from the older broadly defined "trains" to include wheeled vehicles used by businesses on roadways.[7][8][9]
The word stock in the term is used in the sense of inventory. Rolling stock is considered a liquid asset, or close to it, since the value of the vehicle can be readily estimated and shipped to the buyer with minimal cost or delay.[10][11] The term contrasts with fixed stock (infrastructure), which is a collective term for the track, signals, stations, other buildings, electric wires, etc., necessary to operate a railway.
Manufacturers
A large number of companies and government agencies in many countries, past and present, have built rolling stock. Some of the most notable manufacturers are:
- Alstom (which acquired Bombardier in 2021)
- CAF
- CRRC (formerly CNR and CSR)
- Hitachi Rail Italy (formerly AnsaldoBreda)
- Hyundai Rotem
- J-TREC (formerly Tokyu Car Corporation)
- Kawasaki
- Kinki Sharyo
- Nippon Sharyo
- Siemens
- Stadler Rail
Gallery
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Variety of rolling stock in rail yard in Germany -
American Steam and diesel locomotives -
Electric locomotive in Romania -
Diesel multiple unit (DMU) -
SBB Electric multiple unit (EMU) -
Articulated diesel railcar -
Passenger cars, also called carriages or coaches -
Hopper car, one of many types of revenue freight cars -
Articulated well cars with intermodal containers -
European covered goods wagons
See also
- Goods wagon
- List of rolling stock manufacturers
- List of railway vehicles
- Railroad car
References
- ↑ "Yaxham Light Railway rolling stock page". http://www.yaxham-light-railway.fsnet.co.uk/Rolling_Stock/rolling_stock.html.
- ↑ "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=rolling-stock&first=1&max_to_show=10.
- ↑ "Definition of "rolling stock" from the Concise Oxford Dictionary". http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/rollingstock?view=uk.
- ↑ "Definition from the American Heritage Dictionary". http://www.bartleby.com/61/0/R0290000.html.
- ↑ "Railroading glossary". Kalmbach Media. 2014. http://trn.trains.com/Railroad%20Reference/Railroading%20Glossary.aspx?letter=C.
- ↑ McAuliffe, Des (1999). "The Snowtown to Port Pirie line". Modelling the Railways of South Australia. Adelaide. https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6937092.
- ↑ "Rolling stock". Farlex. http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rolling+stock.
- ↑ Illinois Department of Revenue. "RUT-7: Rolling Stock Certification". http://tax.illinois.gov/taxforms/sales/vehicleusetax/rut-7.pdf.
- ↑ "Michigan's Rolling Stock Exemption". Avalara. http://www.taxrates.com/blog/2016/01/12/michigans-rolling-stock-exemption/.
- ↑ Finger, Matthias; Bert, Nadia; Kupfer, David, eds (2014). "Rail infrastructure and rolling stock: investments, asset renewal and regulation". European University Institute, Florence School of Regulation. pp. 8–9. http://fsr.eui.eu/Documents/WorkshopPaper/Transport/2014/140428InfrastructureRollingStockObserver.pdf.
- ↑ Wijnia, Y.; de Croon, J.; Liyanage, J.P. (2014). "36: Application of a Unified Reference Model Across Asset Types: Comparative Cases". in Lee, Jay; Ni, Jun; Sarangapani, Jagnathan et al.. Engineering Asset Management 2011: Proceedings of the Sixth World Congress on Engineering Asset Management. London: Springer. pp. 416–417. ISBN 978-1-4471-4993-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=x-m7BAAAQBAJ&q=%22rolling+stock%22+as+liquid+asset&pg=PA416.
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