The standard American English term for any railway vehicle used to carry passengers or freight — equivalent to the British carriage or wagon. The term covers passenger cars, freight cars, tank cars, and so on. A basic vocabulary item in US railway and transportation contexts.
The derailment scattered several railroad cars across the embankment.
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(US) Any railway vehicle or rolling stock.
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