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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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individual supply
Railways; Railroad
A method of powering a layout where each controller has its own separate transformer.
insulated rail joint
Railways; Railroad
A rail joint which arrests the flow of electric current from rail to rail, as at the end of a track circuit, by means of nonconductors separating rail ends and other metal parts.
turnout (TO)
Railways; Railroad
An arrangement of a switch and a frog with closure rails, by which rolling stock can be diverted from one track to another.
rail creeping
Railways; Railroad
Intermittent longitudinal sliding movement of rails in track under traffic or because of temperature changes. The effect of rail creeping is resisted by anticreepers or rail ...
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