rolling stock
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈroʊlɪŋ stɑk/
- Specialized
:
material rodante
- Meanwhile, rolling stock sits in the yard with empty seats.
- rolling stock for rail
- rolling stock for service
- new rolling stock
Another thing would be, which is a particular rant of mine, you know, they spent, you know, hundreds of millions on new rolling stock for Thameslink.
- Another thing would be, which is a particular rant of mine, you know, they spent, you know, hundreds of millions on new rolling stock for Thameslink.
Examples
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The rolling stock on the Cascades route is mostly owned by the two states.
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After a thorough inspection, the rolling stock was deemed safe for operation on the tracks.
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Part of the reason was that rail yards are dangerous places, and not just because of the rolling stock.
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Some locomotives and rolling stock will find their way to Canada and Mexico.
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But buying more rolling stock for existing, at-capacity Urban Rail lines is probably just as good.
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It's up to Metrolink to leverage the new infrastructure for a new express service level based on suitable new rolling stock.
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NJ Transit's sister railroads in New York did move their rolling stock to higher ground on the Sunday night before the storm.
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The Virgin Rail Group of the United Kingdom awarded a $2.6 billion order to Bombardier Transportation for the supply and maintenance of new rolling stock for CrossCountry services.
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Similar restorations of commuter rail in cities like Boston and improvements in either infrastructure or rolling stock in the NY Metro region have emerged in the past decade.
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The company invested in new rolling stock to modernize its freight services.
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Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built from 'rolling' (moving by turning) + 'stock' (a collection or supply), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a collection of things that roll (i.e., vehicles). This pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g., French 'matériel roulant', Spanish 'material rodante'), supporting immediate predictability for B1 learners.
Etymology
Rolling stock comes from a simple image: rolling is about wheels that turn and stock means 'things a company owns'. So rolling stock refers to the vehicles a railway owns that roll on tracks, like engines and carriages.