What is "goods wagon"

Good \Good\, n.

1. That which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.; -- opposed to evil.

   There be many that say, Who will show us any good ?
   --Ps. iv. 6.

2. Advancement of interest or happiness; welfare; prosperity; advantage; benefit; -- opposed to harm, etc.

   The good of the whole community can be promoted only by advancing the good of each of the members composing it.
   --Jay.

3. pl. Wares; commodities; chattels; -- formerly used in the singular in a collective sense. In law, a comprehensive name for almost all personal property as distinguished from land or real property.
   --Wharton.

   He hath made us spend much good.
   --Chaucer.

   Thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
   --Shak.

   Dress goods, Dry goods, etc. See in the Vocabulary.

   Goods engine, a freight locomotive. [Eng.]

   Goods train, a freight train. [Eng.]

   Goods wagon, a freight car [Eng.] See the Note under Car, n., 2.

n. (context UK English) a railway wagon for carrying freight

Goods wagons or freight wagons ( North America: goods cars or freight cars) are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo. A variety of wagon types are in use to handle different types of goods, but all goods wagons in a regional network typically have standardized couplers and other fittings, such as hoses for air brakes, allowing different wagon types to be assembled into trains. For tracking and identification purposes, goods wagons are generally assigned a unique identifier, typically a UIC wagon number, or in North America, a company reporting mark plus a company specific serial number.