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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Rail transport.

See also changes related to Rail transport, or pages that link to Rail transport or to this page or whose text contains "Rail transport".

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Transportation [r]: The process of moving people or goods from one place to another by means of air, rail, road, or shipping. ^[e]

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African Railroads [r]: Add brief definition or description
Asian Railroads [r]: Add brief definition or description
Australian Railroads [r]: Add brief definition or description
European Railroads [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Railways of the United Kingdom [r]: The modern and historic rail transportation system of the United Kingdom ^[e]
North American Railroads [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Railways of the United States [r]: Add brief definition or description
  - Railroads in California [r]: A brief history of the network of interconnected independent rail transport systems located throughout the Union's thirty-first state and how they shaped the region's development. ^[e]
  - San Diego and Arizona Railway [r]: A short line, standard gauge American railroad founded by "sugar heir," developer, and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels in 1919, dubbed "The Impossible Railroad" by many engineers of its day due to the immense logistical challenges involved. ^[e]
  - San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway [r]: Short line, standard gauge American railroad founded in 1933 by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company as a direct successor to John D. Spreckels' San Diego and Arizona Railway. ^[e]
  - San Diego Electric Railway [r]: A short line, standard gauge American electrified railway system founded by "sugar heir," developer, and entrepreneur John D. Spreckels in 1891. ^[e]
South American Railroads [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Locomotive [r]: On railways special vehicles are equipped with powerful engines, and pull a train of unpowered vehicles ^[e]
  - Beep (SWBLW) [r]: A one-of-a-kind switcher locomotive built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway at the company's Cleburne, Texas workshops in 1970. ^[e]
  - CF7 [r]: An EMD F-unit that has had its streamlined carbody removed and replaced with a custom-made, "general purpose" body in order to adapt the unit for road switching duty; the conversions were performed by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in their Cleburne, Texas workshops between October 1970 and March 1978. ^[e]
  - SD26 [r]: An EMD SD24 diesel locomotive that was specially modified by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in the mid-1970s. ^[e]
- Coal tender [r]: Add brief definition or description
Rolling stock [r]: Vehicles used on railways, and related rail-based systems, like streetcars and subways. ^[e]
- Rail car [r]: A passenger-carrying vehicle, designed to be used on lightly traveled routes, which contains a powerful enough engine to propel the car, without requiring a separate locomotive ^[e]
- Caboose [r]: Long cargo trains used to be terminated with a special vehicle which had a small tower that let the conductor observe problems with the train -- like burning vehicles. ^[e]
- Passenger car (rail) [r]: Add brief definition or description
  - Dining car [r]: Add brief definition or description
  - Troop sleeper [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Freight car [r]: Add brief definition or description
Railway personnel [r]: Add brief definition or description
Rapid transit [r]: Add brief definition or description
Railroad infrastructure [r]: Add brief definition or description
Train (transport) [r]: Add brief definition or description

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