The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars. Passenger vehicles can be un-powered, or self-propelled, single or multiple units. A connected series of railway vehicles is a train (this term applied to a locomotive is a common misnomer).
In North America, Australia and other countries, the term consist ( KON-sist) is used to refer to the rolling stock in a train.: 1‑129
In the United States, the term rolling stock has been expanded from the older broadly defined "trains" to include wheeled vehicles used by businesses on roadways.
The word stock in the term is used in a sense of inventory. Rolling stock is considered to be a liquid asset, or close to it, since the value of the vehicle can be readily estimated and then shipped to the buyer without much cost or delay. The term contrasts with fixed stock (infrastructure), which is a collective term for the track, signals, stations, other buildings, electric wires, etc., necessary to operate a railway.
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Royal Society | Academic & Science |
Royal Society of London | Academic & Science |
Research and Scholarship | Academic & Science |
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Rolling Stock | Business |
RS Technologies Incorporated (de-listed) | Business |
Reinforced Sidewall | Business |
Really Sticky | Business |
Regional Stability | Business |
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company | Business |
Renn Sport | Business |
Rounded Spacer | Business |
Revenue Share | Business |
Reserved Seat | Business |
ReStocking | Business |
Reinhold Schlegelmilch, porcelain manufacturer | Business |
Resource Specialist | Community |
Release Studio | Community |
Reel Source | Community |
Rob Searle, Canadian Member of Parliament | Community |
Robert Smigel, actor | Community |
Really Smart | Community |
Random Scripture | Community |
Radio Saguenay | Community |
Rim Shot | Community |
Reform School | Community |
Regular Show | Community |
Randall Smith | Community |
Robert Smith | Community |
Raymond Smith | Community |
Ringo Starr | Community |
Rolling Stone | Community |
Roland Strings | Community |
Resolution Services (TIPHON) | Computer and Networking |
Radio System | Computer and Networking |
Radiocommunications Sector - ITU- (CCIR) | Computer and Networking |
Reed-Solomon (code) | Computer and Networking |
Rectangular Slice | Computer and Networking |
Read Set | Computer Assembly Language |
Replace String | Computer Assembly Language |
Reset | Computer Assembly Language |
Register Select | Computer Assembly Language |
Random Slew (plotters) | Computer Assembly Language |
Reload Shot | Computing |
Serbia (TLD) | Computing |
Serbia | Country Names |
RabbitDAO | Cryptocurrency |
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Record Separator | Database Management |
Residual Soil | Earth Science |
Religious Studies | Educational Degree |
Reset and Set | Electronics |
Amiga Resource - Reassembler Data File | File Type |
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Really Sick | General |
Real Speed | General |
Rate of Slope | General |
Rotazione Standard | General |
Rapid Start | General |
Rs Stand | General |
Really Stupid | General |
Register Source | General |
RS Scheme | General |
Really Speedy | General |
Running System | General |
Revisionist Sh | General |
Research Series | General |
Raised Salon | General |
Raged Supercharge | General |
Reduced Size | General |
Run Screaming | General |
Really Suspicious | General |
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Ras Shamra | General |
Rarely Sells | General |
Really Sleek | General |
Redundant Sectoral | General |
Relationship | General |
Roof Shingles | General |
Restful Service | General |
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Really Special | General |
Recycled Solutions | General |
Rising Star | General |
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Red Stripe | General |
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Rough Sawn | General |
Richard Scott | General |
Revised Support | General |
Riviera Sun | General |
Return Shipment | General |
Real Solvents | General |
Rubber Seal | General |
Rapid Setting | General |
Rogue Spear | General |
Rebecca Sue | General |
Ralph Smedley | General |
Rest System | General |
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Remote Start | Governmental |
Referencing String | Governmental |
Revolutionary Soldier | Governmental |
Rock Salt | Governmental |
Real Sneaky | Governmental |
Rallye Sport | Governmental |
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Rail Schedule | Governmental |
Resolute support | Governmental |
Running Scared | Governmental |
Revised Statutes | Governmental |
Railway Station | Governmental |
République Solidaire | Governmental |
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Road Switcher | Governmental |
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Racing Sport | Governmental |
RISIA | Indian Railway Station |
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Reconstrucción Socialista | International |
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Republic of Sudan | International |
RuneScape | Internet |
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Reducing Sugar | Medical |
Rhinolophus Sinicus | Medical |
Ringer Solution | Medical |
Respiratory Sound | Medical |
Reye's syndrome | Medical |
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Reed-Sternberg cells | Medical |
Roemheld Syndrome | Medical |
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Rapid Shot | Military and Defence |
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Request for Support | Military and Defence |
Radio Set | Military and Defence |
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