Rolling stock

The term rolling stock in the <a href="/facts/Rail_transport/9nJQbsDV">rail transport</a> industry refers to <a href="/facts/Railway/9nJQbsDV">railway</a> <a href="/facts/Vehicle/jSIEqANL">vehicles</a>, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, <a href="/facts/Locomotive/C9YV7wrQ">locomotives</a>, <a href="/facts/Railroad_car/4XBU36LV">freight</a> and <a href="/facts/Passenger_railroad_car/R5HDppQ6">passenger cars</a> (or coaches), and <a href="/facts/Railroad_car/4XBU36LV">non-revenue cars</a>. Passenger vehicles can be un-powered, or self-propelled, <a href="/facts/Railcar/8WCtLGNc">single</a> or <a href="/facts/Multiple_unit/lu1AD7C7">multiple</a> units.
In North America, Australia and other countries, the term consist (/ˈkɒnsɪst/ KON-sist) is used to refer to the rolling stock comprising a train, a list containing specific information for each car of a train, or a group of locomotives.: 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 <a href="/facts/Inventory/vSBu0d9r">inventory</a>. Rolling stock is considered to be a <a href="/facts/Liquid_asset/rBCWbYp9">liquid asset</a>, 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 (<a href="/facts/Infrastructure/QJvbsSpl">infrastructure</a>), which is a collective term for the <a href="/facts/Rail_tracks/erncmXfX">track</a>, <a href="/facts/Railway_signal/NkCzHKtd">signals</a>, <a href="/facts/Railway_station/9nTmC6vf">stations</a>, other buildings, electric wires, etc., necessary to operate a railway.

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Rolling stock