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A work train or departmental train ( engineering train in the UK) is one or more rail cars intended for internal non-revenue use by the railroad's operator. Work trains serve functions such as track maintenance, maintenance of way, revenue collection, system cleanup and waste removal, heavy duty hauling, and crew member transport. Types of work trains
Locomotives and cab units
Track maintenance equipment ( track geometry cars, ballast regulators, ballast tamper cars, ballast cleaners, stoneblowers, rail grinders, Sperry rail cars, ballast loaders/removers, hopper cars, continuous welded rail handlers, weld cars, track renewal train)
Flood cleanup cars (reach cars, pump cars, hose cars)
Snow removal cars
Rail inspection cars
Refuse motor cars
De-icer cars
Rail adhesion cars
Crane cars
Dump cars
Flatbed cars
Signal supply cars
Tanker cars
Vacuum cars
Revenue collection cars
Rider cars
Sweeper Cleaner
Rail bridge inspection
Weed spray rail
Bush cutter rail
Excavator rail
Gallery
A Washington Metro work car in Virginia providing support for a track maintenance operation
Ballast tamping machine as used in railroad track maintenance in Florida
A New York City Subway work train
work train at the construction of a freight line in Sydney, Australia
See also
List of railway vehicles
Non-revenue cars
Plasser & Theurer
Rail inspection
Track renewal train
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Rail transport freight rolling stock
Enclosed equipment
Autorack
Boxcar (US)
British Railway Milk Tank Wagon
Cattle wagon
Coil car
Intermodal Car
Covered goods wagon
Covered hopper
Livestock wagon
Milk car
Refrigerator car (US)
Refrigerated van (EU)
RoadRailer
Stock car
Tank car
Wagon with opening roof
Open equipment
Bogie bolster wagon
Chauldron wagon
Class U special wagon
Conflat
Double-stack car
Flatcar (US)
Flat wagon (EU)
Gondola (US)
Hopper car
Mine car
Minecart
Mineral wagon
Modalohr
Open wagon (EU)
Quarry tub
Rollbock
Rotary car dumper
Schnabel car
Slate waggon
Specialized flatcars
Transporter wagon
Non-revenue equipment
Ballast cleaner
Brake van (EU)
Caboose (US)
Clearance car
Crane
Crew car
Rotary snowplow
Scale test car
Stoneblower
Tamping machine
Track geometry car
Work trains


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