ferry van

(rail, UK, dated) Any type of goods wagon built for train ferry traffic to and from continental Europe.

(rail, British) An enclosed railway freight car, especially one with a sliding door.

(rail, UK, Australia) An enclosed railway goods wagon, typically with a sliding door.

The standard American English term for a railway wagon used to carry goods — what British English calls a 'goods wagon' or 'goods van.' Freight cars are the workhorses of American freight rail, covering the continental US in enormous trains. The term is entirely standard in North American railroading vocabulary.

(UK, rail) Any railway goods wagon.