What is another name for train bogie?
What is another name for train bogie? A bogie in the UK, or a railroad truck, wheel truck, or simply truck in North America, is a structure underneath a railway vehicle (wagon, coach or locomotive) to which axles (and, hence, wheels) are attached through bearings.
What is each cart of a train called?
Most in the US would call them cars -- flat car, passenger car, coal car, tank (or tanker) car, box car. I believe the Brits prefer wagon. – Hot Licks.
What do you call a train pulled by two locomotives?
In railroad terminology, double heading indicates the use of two locomotives at the front of a train, each operated individually by its own crew.