rolling stock

noun

All vehicles that move on a railway, powered or unpowered.

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Meanings

nounrolling stock (countable and uncountable, plural rolling stocks)

plural rolling stocks · alternative rolling-stock · alternative rollingstock

  1. collectiveuncountablerail transportAll vehicles that move on a railway, powered or unpowered.

    ... while Grand Union says spare rolling stock could be used to provide additional capacity during events at the Principality Stadium and Celtic Manor Resort.

    2019 October, “South Wales open access bid”, in Modern Railways, page 15
  2. countableuncommonAny such vehicle.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Bulgarian подвижен състав
  • подвижен състав (podvižen săstav)railway vehicles collectively
Chinese Mandarin 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆, 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆
  • 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆 (tiělù chēliàng)railway vehicles collectively
  • 鐵路車輛 /铁路车辆 (tiělù chēliàng)any railway vehicle
Czech kolejové vozidlo
  • kolejové vozidloany railway vehicle
Dutch rollend materieel, treinvloot
  • rollend materieelrailway vehicles collectively
  • treinvlootrailway vehicles collectively
Finnish rautatiekalusto, liikkuva kalusto
  • rautatiekalustorailway vehicles collectively
  • liikkuva kalustorailway vehicles collectively
  • rautatiekulkuneuvoany railway vehicle
German Schienenfahrzeuge, Lokomotiven und Waggons
  • Schienenfahrzeugerailway vehicles collectively
  • Lokomotiven und Waggonsrailway vehicles collectively
  • rollendes Materialrailway vehicles collectively
  • Schienenfahrzeugany railway vehicle
Greek τροχαίο υλικό
  • τροχαίο υλικό (trochaío ylikó)railway vehicles collectively
Hungarian gördülőállomány
  • gördülőállományrailway vehicles collectively
Indonesian bakal pelanting, bakal pelanting
  • bakal pelantingrailway vehicles collectively
  • bakal pelantingany railway vehicle
Korean 철도차량
  • 철도차량 (cheoldocharyang)railway vehicles collectively
Norwegian Bokmål jernbanemateriell, rullende materiell
  • jernbanemateriellrailway vehicles collectively
  • rullende materiellrailway vehicles collectively
Polish tabor kolejowy, pojazd szynowy
  • tabor kolejowyrailway vehicles collectively
  • pojazd szynowyany railway vehicle
Portuguese material rodante, material circulante
  • material rodanterailway vehicles collectively
  • material circulanterailway vehicles collectively
Romanian material rulant, vehicul pe șine
  • material rulantrailway vehicles collectively
  • vehicul pe șineany railway vehicle
Russian подвижно́й соста́в
  • подвижно́й соста́в (podvižnój sostáv)railway vehicles collectively
Swedish rullande materiel
  • rullande materielany railway vehicle
Ukrainian рухомий склад
  • рухомий склад (ruxomyj sklad)railway vehicles collectively
Yiddish שלעפּקראַפֿט, באַרעדערטער אינווענטאַר
  • שלעפּקראַפֿט (shlepkraft)railway vehicles collectively
  • באַרעדערטער אינווענטאַר (barederter inventar)railway vehicles collectively
Cite this entry
APA

rolling stock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rolling%20stock

MLA

“rolling stock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rolling%20stock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rolling stock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rolling%20stock.

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