Home > Industry/Domain > Transportation

Transportation

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

15Categories 47993Terms

Contributors in Transportation

Become a Contributors

Transportation > Railway

willful violation

Transportation; Railway

To intentionally circumvent or ignore a regulatory safety requirement.

wood trestle

Transportation; Railway

A wood structure composed of bents supporting stringers, the whole forming a support for loads applied to the stringers through the deck.

work train

Transportation; Railway

A train engaged in railway maintenance or repair work.

written authorization

Transportation; Railway

The formal procedure where a person is designated in a document generated by a railroad to conduct certain safety related functions such as track inspection or maintenance of ...

adjacent track

Transportation; Railway

In relation to excepted track and for the purposes of the Track Safety Standards, any track or tracks next to a track that is designated as an excepted track. Any tracks or tracks ...

rail adjustment

Transportation; Railway

A process whereby the neutral temperature of continuous welded rail (CWR) is raised or lowered through the removing or adding of rail.

administrator

Transportation; Railway

The chief officer of the Federal Railroad Administration. That person has the authority to issue safety regulations and other emergency directives.

Sub-categories

Add New Category