Freight cars

Freight cars are a type of rolling stock designed to carry goods as opposed to passengers. Many types of freight cars appear in American Rail, lettered for many different companies. They are sometimes called Troublesome Trucks or Foolish Freight Cars because of they apparent desire to derail engines. However, their hatred is replaced by fear of certain engines in some cases.

There have been cases of engines and freight cars sharing common interests.

Types of freight cars
Boxcars are large, hollow rectangles on wheels. They are commonly used to carry boxed goods and other things that cannot be carried in other types of freight car. Reefers are essentially refrigerated boxcars. They are used to carry produce that would spoil in the heat of a standard boxcar. Tankers are used to carry liquid products, such as petroleum, milk, water, and even tequila. They can also be used to carry gaseous materials Hoppers are used to carry materials like coal, gravel, ballast, grain, and other such materials. Some have open tops for easy loading, while materials like grain require covered hoppers to prevent damage. Livestock cars are used to transport cows, pigs, and other livestock to market. The D&N keeps some livestock cars in service for special orders. Container cars are specially made to carry intermodal containers atop one another. Intermodal containers can be transferred from a ship to a container car to an 18-wheeler truck. Flatbeds are flat cars used to carry goods that can't be carried in other cars because they are too large. An example of goods carried on flats are large trailers and vehicles. A variant of these is a wellcar, which has the length of car between the trucks closer to the rails. This makes them ideal for large loads that are too tall to fit between a standard flat and an obstacle above the rails. Sometimes, small engines like Rex are transported using wellcars. Autoracks are double-level flats designed to carry automobiles. Schnabel cars are designed to carry oversized loads such as generators by integrating the load into the design of the car. Gondolas are short height-wise, but long to accommodate bulk goods.
 * Boxcars
 * Reefers
 * Tankers
 * Hoppers
 * Livestock cars
 * Container cars
 * Flatbeds
 * Autorack
 * Schnabel car
 * Gondola

Trivia

 * It has become a major inside joke among railway staff, engines and railfans that freight cars are inherently suicidal, especially those used in mountainous regions.