Un vagón de cargas o vagón de mercancías es un vehículo ferroviario utilizado para el transporte de cargas. Existen vagones especializados para determinados tipos de carga. Los vagones abiertos sirven para el transporte de minerales, los vagones cisterna se usan para el transporte de productos líquidos, desde leche hasta petróleo. Otros tipos de vagones permiten transportar contenedores o remolques de camión.

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Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: goods cars or freight cars) are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. A variety of wagon types are in use to handle different types of goods, but all goods wagons in a regional network typically have standardized couplers and other fittings, such as hoses for air brakes, allowing different wagon types to be assembled into trains. For tracking and identification purposes, goods wagons are generally assigned a unique identifier, typically a UIC wagon number, or in North America, a company reporting mark plus a company specific serial number.

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