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Transportation

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

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banner signal
Transportation; Railway

White disc with a black band repeating semaphore positions with block signalling systems.

total adhesion
Transportation; Railway

Defines the traction units that have all their driving axles.

detach
Transportation; Railway

A car or wagon is said to be for detaching when it needs to be removed from its train set due to a major fault (hot box, faulty brakes, and so on), meaning that it cannot continue ...

bicycle van
Transportation; Railway

Vans used between 1900 and WWI fitted with racks for transporting bicycles, following the sudden popularity in cycling amongst the public.

track car
Transportation; Railway

Motor-driven railway unit used exclusively by the Civil Engineer's Department. Track cars are designed to transport staff and equipment to sites and can also haul a few wagons, ...

detonators
Transportation; Railway

Disc-shaped explosives placed on the rails to warn drivers of an obstruction ahead or a signal at danger obscured by fog. The detonators explode when the train wheels pass over ...

bi-directional running
Transportation; Railway

System for allowing trains running in both directions to cross the same stretch of track, thereby enabling maintenance and engineering work to be carried out on the other line.

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