A railway carriage from 1985 3D model

A railway carriage , also known as a wagon or wagon German / Austrian also called wagons, wagons [ vaˈgoːnə ]), is a rail vehicle without its own drive . A distinction is made between freight wagons , which are used to transport economic goods, and passenger wagons , whose task it is to transport people. In Germany, passenger coaches and freight wagons are standard vehicles. The railway company cars are also counted among the railway wagons , which in turn are not necessarily included in the regular vehicles. For many secondary and local railways as well as small railways , passenger cars used to be called sidecars , analogous to trams .