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Caledonian Sleeper Train Most Popular Some railcar warriors just appreciate the simple charms of this mode of travel.
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Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
Biden has also pursued a strictly military approach to North Korea, which has continued its nuclear and missile buildup, most recently by developing tactical nuclear weapons, hypersonic glide vehicles capable of evading missile defenses, and ballistic missiles that can be launched from railcars.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2021
Previously, the safety board said the crash was likely caused by an overheating bearing on one of the railcars that wasn’t caught soon enough by trackside sensors to prevent the derailment.
—Eli Joseph, Fortune, 5 June 2024
The operator then spotted the snowplow ahead and applied the emergency brakes on the train, made up of two, nearly decade-old 5000-series cars, which is CTA’s most common railcar model.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
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Ross Kenneth Urken, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2024
Biden has also pursued a strictly military approach to North Korea, which has continued its nuclear and missile buildup, most recently by developing tactical nuclear weapons, hypersonic glide vehicles capable of evading missile defenses, and ballistic missiles that can be launched from railcars.
—Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 22 Oct. 2021
Previously, the safety board said the crash was likely caused by an overheating bearing on one of the railcars that wasn’t caught soon enough by trackside sensors to prevent the derailment.
—Eli Joseph, Fortune, 5 June 2024
The operator then spotted the snowplow ahead and applied the emergency brakes on the train, made up of two, nearly decade-old 5000-series cars, which is CTA’s most common railcar model.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2024
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“Railcar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/railcar. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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railcar
noun
rail·car
-ˌkär 
: a railroad car
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