The paper is based on an extensive documentation - national and international norms and regulations, articles, specialized books and information taken by
on the websites of the manufacturing companies. The book is intended to be useful as a bibliographic support for the courses "Construction of vehicles for self-transport"and "Intermodality and specialization in the construction of railway vehicles", being addressed to students from bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in the field, but not only.
The paper was developed to represent a useful source of documentation for engineers working in the field of construction, operation, maintenance and repair of railway vehicles.