(rail, US, Canada) A code of up to four letters allocated to and used by railroads and other owners of rolling stock for identification purposes, shown on each rail vehicle in combination with an indi
(rail, US, Canada) A code of up to four letters allocated to and used by railroads and other owners of rolling stock for identification purposes, shown on each rail vehicle in combination with an individual number for the vehicle.
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(rail, UK) A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.
(rail, US) A railroad passenger car that is either privately owned or used privately, or both.
(US) Any railway vehicle or rolling stock.
(rail, US) A railroad car in which mail is carried and sorted.
(chiefly, US) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets.