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The means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks.
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absolute blocking
Railways; Railroad
A control arrangement for rail traffic in which a track is divided into sections or blocks upon which a train may not enter until the preceding train has left.
gotthard base tunnel
Railways; Railroad
Currently the world's longest at 35.4-mile (57-kilometer), the Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Swiss Alps was first conceived in 1947 by engineer Eduard Gruner. The project ...
Gotthard Base Tunnel
Railways; Railroad
Currently the world's longest at 35.4-mile (57-kilometer), the Gotthard Base Tunnel through the Swiss Alps was first conceived in 1947 by engineer Eduard Gruner. The project ...
insulated switch
Railways; Railroad
A switch in which the fixtures, principally the gage plates and the switch rods connecting one rail to the other, are provided with insulation so that electric currents will not ...
insulating rail joint
Railways; Railroad
Sometimes called Insulated Joint. A rail joint designed to stop the flow of electric current from rail to rail, as at the end of a track circuit, by means of nonconductors so ...
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