Education - Part 5B1
Unpowered Railroad Cars - Introduction
Introduction
Unpowered railroad cars constitute the bulk of railroad traffic and enable railroads to transport large quantities of goods and passengers between source and destination. There are two broad classes of unpowered railroad cars, freight and passenger (and some hybrids). Both classes of cars are used to generate revenue for a railroad and we will briefly discuss this topic.
In this section we will also cover the different types of passenger and freight cars, note some famous trains, explore construction of un-powered cars and list some major manufacturers of such cars.
The following buttons will take you to the various topics we discuss in this section of our Web site.
Introduction
Unpowered railroad cars constitute the bulk of railroad traffic and enable railroads to transport large quantities of goods and passengers between source and destination. There are two broad classes of unpowered railroad cars, freight and passenger (and some hybrids). Both classes of cars are used to generate revenue for a railroad and we will briefly discuss this topic.
In this section we will also cover the different types of passenger and freight cars, note some famous trains, explore construction of un-powered cars and list some major manufacturers of such cars.
The following buttons will take you to the various topics we discuss in this section of our Web site.