North American. A buffer on a railway vehicle or at the end of a railway line.

Originally U.S. A footboard extending along the side of a locomotive, railway wagon, or tram, or across the top of a railway wagon.

A cover or canopy over the platform of a railway carriage. Obsolete. rare.

North American. A wooden plank or metal bar used as a removable horizontal barrier across a doorway, esp. in a railway stock car. Now rare.

(a) a storage container or sling underneath a railway carriage or vehicle chassis; (b) (hence also) a vehicle for livestock having an additional…

A tail-board or back on a wagon, lorry, etc., hinged or removable to facilitate the loading of goods; a hatchback door on a car. Originally U.S.