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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carriage

Railways; Railroad

A piece of rolling stock used to convey passengers.

side planning

Railways; Railroad

Cuts made on sides of the head of the switch rail to form a taper from the full width of head to the point.

carriage shed

Railways; Railroad

A shed used for the storage of passenger carriages.

A receptacle, commonly box-shaped and fitted with a grilled inlet and a pipe outlet drain designed to collect rain water and debris from the surface and retain the solid material so that it may be ...

siding

Railways; Railroad

A single piece of track attached to a mainline or headshunt at one end only. The other end will usually be terminated with a buffer stop so as to ensure that trains do not run off the end.

catch point

Railways; Railroad

A single trailing point blade set into an ascending track to derail wagons which have come uncoupled and are running back down the hill. This prevents runaways colliding with a following train.