Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

Contributors in Railway

Railway

System opposed to the rack and pinion system used in the mountains. Simple adhesion is the usual method used in the railway system, in other words there is nothing to prevent the train's wheels from ...

caller

Transportation; Railway

Agent that used to be in charge of waking up drivers due to start their service at some ungodly hour (or checking that they were actually awake!).

water heater

Transportation; Railway

Device used to preheat the feed water for steam engines. The first system was tried in 1854 by the London & South Western Railway.

single track

Transportation; Railway

System for running a line where trains travelling in both directions use the same track, whereby the measures to prevent any head-on collision are defined by the rules and regulations in force. Also ...

calling-on signal

Transportation; Railway

A small red arm or a white arm with horizontal red stripes (with a red or white light) below the main arm on a stop semaphore signal as part of shunting movements (characterised by the letter "C"). ...