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train | train | Zug | pociąg | vonat | train | treno | group of coupled railway vehicles |
formation, rake,[a] set,[b] unit[c] | consist, trainset | | skład | vonat- összeállítás | | | specific grouping (configuration) of coupled railway vehicles |
| | Rollmaterial | tabor | vasúti jármű | | | railway vehicle |
| | Triebfahrzeug (Tfz.) | | vasúti vontatójármű | | | powered railway vehicle |
locomotive (loco), engine | locomotive (loco), engine | Lokomotive (Lok) | lokomotywa | mozdony, lokomotív (archaic) | locomotive | locomotiva | powered railway vehicle without a passenger compartment |
| A unit, mother | | | | | | multiple unit locomotive capable of controlling (and powering) a B unit or a slug |
| B unit, booster unit, cabless, slave | | | | | | cabless multiple unit locomotive capable of being controlled by an A unit |
| slug | | | | | | cabless, remotely powered multiple unit railway vehicle capable of being powered and controlled by an A unit |
shunter (UK/AU), shunting engine, yard pilot (AU) | switcher, switch engine, yard goat | | lokomotywa manewrowa | tolatómozdony | | | locomotive intended for moving other rolling stock (shunting) on railway shunting yards |
| road switcher | | | | | | locomotive intended both for moving other rolling stock (shunting) on railway shunting yards and for acting as a regular locomotive outside shunting yards |
multiple unit (MU) | multiple unit (MU) | | zespół trakcyjny | | | | railway vehicle capable of controlling (and powering) another railway vehicle |
power car | power car | Triebkopf | wagon silnikowy | hajtófej | | | |
| trainset | Triebzug | | motorvonat | | | |
motor coach, railcar/railmotor (non-pulling vehicle) | motorcar, railmotor, motor, box motor, doodlebug (non-pulling vehicle) | Triebwagen | wagon silnikowy, wagon motorowy | motorkocsi | autorail | automotrice | powered railway vehicle with a passenger compartment |
| | Gepäcktriebwagen | | poggyászmotorkocsi | | | motor coach with a luggage compartment |
control car, control trailer, driving trailer, driving van trailer (DVT) | cab car | Steuerwagen | wagon sterowniczy, wagon rozrządczy | vezérlőkocsi | | | |
generator car, generator van | head end power car (HEP car), power car | | | fűtőkocsi | | | |
brake van, guard's van | caboose | Begleitwagen, Güterzuggepäckwagen | brankard | fékezőkocsi | | | |
travelling post office (TPO) | railway post office (RPO) | | wagon pocztowy | postakocsi | | | |
railway carriage | railroad car, railcar | | | vasúti kocsi | | | |
railway coach, railway car | passenger car | Personenwagen | wagon osobowy | személykocsi | | | |
goods wagon, freight wagon | goods car, freight car | Güterwagen | wagon towarowy | teherkocsi, tehervagon, vagon | | | |
| boxcar | | | teherkocsi, tehervagon | | | |
| flatcar | | | pőrekocsi | | | |
refrigerated van, refrigerated wagon | refrigerator car, reefer | | | hűtőkocsi, hűtővagon | | | |
tank wagon, tanker wagon | tank car | | | tartálykocsi | | | |
railbus | | Schienenautobus, Schienenbus | autobus szynowy, szynobus | sínautóbusz, sínbusz | autocar sur rails | autobus su rotaia | |
| | Straßenbahnzug | | villamosszerelvény | | | |
tramcar | streetcar, trolley car | | | villamoskocsi | | | |
tram engine | | | | tramway (archaic) | | | |
underground car | subway car | | | metrókocsi | | | |
articulated motor coach | | Gelenktriebwagen | | csuklós motorkocsi | | | articulated motor coach |
trailer | | Beiwagen, Anhanger | | pótkocsi, pót | | | unpowered, towed tram vehicle |
| | Triebbeiwagen, geführter Triebwagen | | motorpótkocsi, motorpót | | | |