Railways

Railways

The means of conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks.

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live load

Railways; Railroad

A dynamic load such as traffic load that is supplied to a structure suddenly or that is accompanied by vibration, oscillation or other physical condition affecting its intensity.

lock washer

Railways; Railroad

A spring washer.

locomotive

Railways; Railroad

A piece of rolling stock whose primary purpose is to provide the means by which other rolling stock is moved.

loop

Railways; Railroad

A line that runs parallel to another line to which it is attached at both ends.

looped eight

Railways; Railroad

A type of layout similar to a figure eight except that one half of the "eight" has been twisted around inside of the other half. Trains on this type of layout go around twice ...