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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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broad-gauge track
Transportation; Railway
Railway track with a larger than normal gauge. Examples of broad-gauge tracks can be found on the Iberian peninsula (1.607 m), in Russia, etc.
vehicle running on its own wheels
Transportation; Railway
Generally railway equipment not or no longer belonging to the operator and which may be incorporated within a train after a transport manager has inspected and given his/her ...
buffer stops
Transportation; Railway
Devices used to stop vehicles at the end of a terminating platform or siding.
colour light signals
Transportation; Railway
With light signalling, the signals give the same indications during the day and at night. The following are used: a rectangular or triangular black box housing one or more fixed ...
4-foot
Transportation; Railway
Term used in the UK to refer to the standard gauge for railway lines (the exact distance being 4ft 8.5in).
steam heating pipe
Transportation; Railway
For a long time, heating for passenger cars relied on steam, which was generated by the locomotive or a generator van for trains pulled by the first diesel locomotives and/or not ...
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