rolling stock

noun

: the wheeled vehicles owned and used by a railroad or motor carrier

Examples of rolling stock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The money also went toward rehabilitating stations, signals, tracks and power systems as well as repair shops, to upgrade the existing rolling stock. Sam Roberts, New York Times, 7 Nov. 2023 The rolling stock behind our locomotive includes a coal car, U.S. Mail Rail Post Office 706, West Virginia Central diner 202, Western Maryland Railroad passenger cars 3607 and 835, and Chesapeake & Ohio caboose 90658. Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023 The rolling stock on the Bald Knob excursion consists mainly of gondolas once used to carry cut trees to the mill. Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2023 On August 13 and 14, Gooding & Company comes to Monterey Car Week as the official auction house of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, once again offering some choice rolling stock at its annual sale that coincides with the 70th anniversary of the world’s most esteemed concours. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 July 2021 Weaver, the union worker, said workers don't have time to inspect rolling stock the way the used to. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023 At $150,000 a car, the Antonaccis’ rolling stock is worth about $60 million. Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023 ANYbotics is partnering with Stadler Service to explore the potential of mobile robots to increase the efficiency and quality of routine inspection and maintenance of rolling stock. IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2023 The images offer a glimpse of the multi-powered Amtrak Airo trains being built in California by manufacturing company Siemens Mobility as part of Amtrak’s multibillion-dollar plan to upgrade its rolling stock over the next decade. Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1847, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of rolling stock was in 1847

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“Rolling stock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rolling%20stock. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

rolling stock

noun
: wheeled vehicles owned or used by a railroad or trucking company
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