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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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bridge, i-beam
Railways; Railroad
A stringer type bridge in which the stringers are steel I-beams that directly support the track or ballast section.
scratch-built
Railways; Railroad
A model made entirely (or at least mostly) from parts that you have made yourself.
screw spike
Railways; Railroad
A cylindrical threaded steel spike with a special head, designed to be turned with a special wrench into holes bored in ties, to secure rails or to act as a tie plate holder in tie plates with holes ...
bullhead rail
Railways; Railroad
Rail having the same profile for both the upper and lower portions of the rail.
