ROLLING STOCK

'Rolling stock' is the collective term that describes all the vehicles which move on a railway. It usually includes both powered and unpowered vehicles, for example locomotives, railroad cars, coaches and wagons^[1][2][3][4]. The term is sometimes used to refer only to non-powered vehicles, specifically excluding locomotives^[5].
The term contrasts with 'fixed stock', which is a collective term for the track, signals, stations and buildings etc. necessary to operate a railway. However this latter term is now much less widely used than 'rolling stock'. 'Fixed stock' is also called 'infrastructure'.

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1. Yaxham Light Railway rolling stock page
2. Definition of "rolling stock" from the Oxford English Dictionary] Accessed 5 February 2007 (subscription service)
3. Definition of "rolling stock" from the Concise Oxford Dictionary
4. Definition from Wiktionary
5. Network Rail guidance for storage and recommissioning of Traction and Rolling Stock

See also

★ Docklands Light Railway rolling stock ★ Ffestiniog Railway rolling stock ★ List of preserved Southern Pacific Railroad rolling stock ★ London Underground rolling stock ★ Naming of British railway rolling stock

★ New York City Subway Rolling Stock ★ Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway ★ ROSCO ★ Washington Metro rolling stock ★ Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)