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		HeyLaughingBoy on Jan 7, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Why does Cloudflare/hCaptcha care so much ... > lorries are trucks apparently but goods trucks on railways are not trucks! In the US, lorry == truck. Never heard the term goods truck before today, but I think it's what we call a boxcar.

perl4ever on Jan 8, 2022 [–]

A "truck" on a railway car is apparently a "bogie" in the UK.

A bogie in India seems to be a railway car in the US.

Then there are intermodal containers, smaller than boxcars, I think they are hauled by truck (lorry) after being unloaded from a flatcar.

HeyLaughingBoy on Jan 8, 2022 | [–]

> flatcar

AKA "flatbed" or "flatbed trailer" :-)

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