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Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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white light
Transportation; Railway

White lights are generally used in the following cases: with position light ground signals (PLGS) for shunting purposes or permissive working: one white light and one red light ...

special train
Transportation; Railway

Train not scheduled in the timetable and basically subject to a train advice. The date of operation for a special train cannot be set in advance and can only be indicated when ...

chain shunting
Transportation; Railway

Method of shunting outlawed in some countries whereby a locomotive on one track pulls wagons along another track by means of a long chain.

window
Transportation; Railway

Refers to a carriage window. A window consists of the glass and the frame. A window that can be opened is called a drop window.

splitting-up
Transportation; Railway

When splitting up cars as part of a sorting operation, the different cuts are pushed from the reception sidings to the hump. The cuts, moving under the effect of gravity, are ...

checker
Transportation; Railway

Employee whose duties include checking whether the vehicles are transport-worthy.

wrong line/track
Transportation; Railway

Trains moving in the opposite direction to the normal direction for double tracks and temporary single tracks are said to be on the wrong line or track.

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