Railroad

Railroad

A railroad is a means of wheeled transportation for moving people and goods. Railroads are tracks on which trains can tow cars behind an engine.

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scale

Railways; Railroad

The ratio between the size of the models and the size of the prototype. This can be expressed either as a ratio or as so many millimetres per foot (or fractions of an inch per foot for American ...

bridge tie

Railways; Railroad

A sawed tie usually preframed and of the size and length required for track on a bridge. Usually hardwood.

scenery

Railways; Railroad

Every part of a model railway apart from the baseboards, track, wiring, and trains.

bridge, deck span

Railways; Railroad

A bridge in which the track is carried on top of the stringers (girders) or trusses.

A means of dividing up a model railway to give an impression that two areas are much further apart than they really are. This can be done using a tunnel where the two tunnel mouths which in reality ...

bridge, girder

Railways; Railroad

A bridge in which the track is supported on the top of (deck girder) or between two or more steel plate girders (trough girder), normally used on spans of 30 to 120 feet.