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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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trailer
Transportation; Railway
Usually a non-motorised vehicle designed to transport passengers and incorporated within a train set hauled by a railcar, electric power car or high-speed train.
direct or automatic heating
Transportation; Railway
The heating (or ventilation) setting in a passenger car without air conditioning should normally be on automatic, which automatically turns the heating on or off according to the ...
bogie
Transportation; Railway
Two or three-axle truck equipped with a central pivot point linking it to the vehicle's chassis beneath which it is mounted. The pivot point enables the bogie to turn as the track ...
travelling post office (TPO)
Transportation; Railway
Mail car designed to transport letters and parcels, and manned by GPO workers who sorted the mail en route.
dispatch
Transportation; Railway
Authorisation sent in writing or by radiotelegraphy to allow an exceptional operation (passing a stop signal, entering a section already occupied by another train, special running ...
dispatching
Transportation; Railway
Term designating the putting into service of a train from a depot or station.
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