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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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dating nail
Railways; Railroad
A galvanized or copper nail with a large head in which the last two numerals of the year are stamped; used when a tie is laid or treated to indicate its service life.
stock rail bend
Railways; Railroad
The bend or set which must be given the stock rail at the vertex of a switch to allow it to follow the gage line on the turnout. Usually, only one stock rail of a switch is bent. ...
deenergized-apparently dead
Railways; Railroad
Electric apparatus, such as overhead wires, third rail, transformers, switches, motors, etc., is deenergized when disconnected from the normal power source, but such apparatus is ...
degree of curvature
Railways; Railroad
A measure of the sharpness of a simple curve in which a 1deg. curve is taken as the central angle subtended by a chord or arc of 100 feet and for which the radius is taken as ...
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