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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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compression
Railways; Railroad
An axle force or stress caused by equal and opposite forces pushing at the ends of a member. In simple bending it is also present above or below the neutral axis.
spike puller
Railways; Railroad
A steel bar about 5 feet long with a claw end shaped for pulling spikes by leverage; also called a claw bar.
compromise bars
Railways; Railroad
Special joint bars to connect rails of different section in such a way that the gage sides and the top of the head and running surfaces are held in line. Also called offset bars.
spike puller extension
Railways; Railroad
A tool with a claw end and two or three pairs of knobs on a straight bar. A spike puller is engaged with the knobs after the claw is slipped under the spike head. It is used to ...
compromise joint
Railways; Railroad
A special rail joint, sometimes also called a step joint, for uniting rails of different sections; made so it brings gage sides and joined rail heads into line so that continuous ...
spiked switch
Railways; Railroad
A switch with its points held in fixed position by a spike, usually to prevent a disconnected or damaged switch from being thrown through error, or to prevent trains from using a ...
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