How to Use rolling stock in a Sentence

rolling stock

noun
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  • Tire noise, too, is absurdly low for rolling stock in size XL.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 20 May 2021
  • The focus has shifted from rolling stock to frame angles.
    — Josh Patterson, Outside Online, 18 May 2020
  • The League City Fire Department is getting a new addition to its rolling stock.
    — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The infrastructure funding will help Amtrak upgrade its rolling stock over the next decade.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The smaller rolling stock serves to accentuate the Wagoneer's boxy, tall body, especially from the rear.
    — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Merged gradually with the existing diesel rolling stock, the hydrogen trains (the Coradia iLint model) were set to be entirely in place by the end of the year.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Shortages of rolling stock and drivers have resulted in up to 43% of Northern Rail’s trains being delayed or cancelled each day.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • The Scout's massive rolling stock obviously connects to a four-wheel-drive system, which in turn is controlled through a slick twin-stick, two-speed transfer case.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Hundreds of acres of thousands of cars, trucks, tractors and other rolling stock are lined up bumper-to-bumper on lots just off the waterfront, waiting to be shipped to dealers or overseas.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 21 May 2018
  • Pan Am Railways began operations in the country's northeast states in 2006, with royal blue rolling stock adorned with the Pan Am name and logo.
    — CNN, 3 Dec. 2021
  • On a recent workday, Trainset 15 was at the end of the production line at Plant 1, the center for new rolling stock manufacturing and testing.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The ride circles the museum grounds and includes information on hobo culture and the museum's rolling stock.
    — Chelsey Lewis, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2018
  • In contrast, Amtrak has been plagued by aging rolling stock (some of its rail cars date back almost to its inception 50 years ago) and sagging on-time performance.
    — Barbara Peterson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Sep. 2021
  • With the right policies, honestly executed, rolling stock, rather than livestock, could someday glide along the tracks of the Transnordestina railway.
    — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Signaling equipment is used to keep trains clear of each other, and rolling stock centers on train manufacturing.
    — Jacquie McNish, WSJ, 21 July 2017
  • And the Swiss train authorities, thank you very much, will be investing in this GPS technology for their next generation of rolling stock.
    — Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 5 Aug. 2011
  • Amtrak has signed a mammoth contract with manufacturing company Siemens Mobility for 83 new train sets, part of a $7.3 billion plan to upgrade its rolling stock over the next decade.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
  • Paramilitary vehicles are more familiar to him than rolling stock.
    — The Economist, 31 May 2018
  • The engine will work occasionally at the museum, helping to move its collections of locomotives and rolling stock.
    — Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • But as the national rolling stock transitions to electrification, the wisdom of Ford’s approach will become self-evident.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 5 June 2021
  • New railway yards, extra locomotives and rolling stock and experienced railwaymen from Britain and the US drove a massive increase in capacity during the war.
    — Ben Jones, CNN, 15 Aug. 2021
  • 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

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