{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"freight car","description":"Freight cars – called wagons or goods wagons outside North America – are the unpowered load-carrying units of rail freight, hauled individually or assembled into trains of a hundred or more vehicles. Each wagon type is purpose-built for its cargo: open hoppers for bulk minerals and coal, tank cars for liquids and gases, boxcars for general and weather-sensitive goods, flatcars for containers and heavy lifts. Ownership rests with railway undertakings, private wagon keepers, or shipper pools; cros","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/freight-car","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-22T10:51:56.948246","citation":"https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCterwagen","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/freight-car","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"freight car · Freight cars – called wagons or goods wagons outside North America – are the unpowered load-carrying units of rail freight, hauled individually or assembled into trains of a hundred or more vehicles. · Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCterwagen"}