autorack

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autorack

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From auto + rack.

noun autoracks · auto rack

  1. US A railroad car designed for the transport of automobiles. Autoracks, or car carriers, were developed to carry cars. Initially the railroads just transported automobiles single file on flat bed cars, but soon realized it was a pretty inefficient use of space and that they could double, and then even triple, the number of cars by adding levels above the firs

    Similar: automobile car

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noun railroad vehicle

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@misc{autorack_2026,
  title = {autorack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/autorack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}