How to Use railcar in a Sentence

railcar

noun
  • The railcars were loaded with iron ore and spilled, South said.
    — Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The trains — usually one big diesel railcar — are sleek and new.
    — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 23 June 2018
  • This is from a railcar that was damaged by the Russians.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
  • This is from the rail of the railcar that was damaged by Russians.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Some have the shotgun look and barrel ceilings of an old railcar.
    — OregonLive.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Loading those folks on the flatbed railcars doesn't look comfortable at all.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Then if not that, at least until Sound Transit has more railcars.
    — Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 24 June 2017
  • The agency is hoping to have them in service by the end of the month amid the railcar shortage.
    — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Images of the scene showed a massive heap of railcars with billowing smoke.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • This technique helps extend the lifespan of the rails and reduces wear on the railcar wheels.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Heritage railcar suites and villas are priced around $350 to start.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Wander to the Tea Carriage railcar on the lake's edge to find swans in the distance.
    — Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The train has a railcar that can accommodate one wheelchair (call ahead to arrange).
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2022
  • At the end of the program, Metro says, 85 percent of its fleet would consist of new railcars.
    — Faiz Siddiqui, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2018
  • The owners of railcars and barges will have to pay interest on these even if parked on sidings or tied to river banks for months on end.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 9 June 2019
  • On arrival, each is transferred from railcar to truck and hauled to the top of a mound as tall as a 15-story building.
    — Curbed, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Often the size of a small house, these devices weigh hundreds of tons and must be transported by special railcars and trucks.
    — Thomas Popik, Foreign Affairs, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The leaking tanker has been detached from the other 29 railcars it was connected to.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Skeeters were easily transported to the ice on a trailer or even a car rooftop, unlike some boats that were so long they were moved by railcar.
    — Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 11 Feb. 2025
  • The cause of the train cancellation was corrosion of passenger railcars used on the route.
    — Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Why was the railcar sitting on the tracks by the Great Miami River for so long?
    — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The improvement will allow shippers to move more freight per railcar and reduce transportation costs.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Steel pipe to be used in construction of an oil pipeline sat on railcars in Kamloops, Canada, last month.
    — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 29 June 2018
  • Prior to launch, the ship was translated from land to the floating dry dock using translation railcars to support the ship.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Blaine Wilmotte was in a truck traveling south on I-5 when a railcar trapped him for 90 minutes.
    — Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Six railcars carrying liquid propane went fully off the track, with four ending up in water, officials said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • When the railcar hatch is opened, the grain is pulled in by a drag conveyer, which empties into an elevator that goes up to the top of the silo.
    — Cindy Atoji Keene, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2018
  • The transit authority aims to release a timeline of when the railcars will be placed into service later this spring.
    — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Read more More news to know now Dispatch logs detail a chaotic scene at an Ohio railcar chemical leak.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The exhibit will be visible from the street, set up in a protruding bay window, and visitors will be able to walk through the railcar.
    — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025

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