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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fiddle-yard

Railways; Railroad

A non-scenicked part of the layout that is used to store trains. A place to represent the rest of the rail network and make it easier to develop a meaningful timetable.

tender

Railways; Railroad

A piece of rolling stock permanently coupled to a steam locomotive to carry coal and water.

field side - gauge side

Railways; Railroad

The field side of a rail is the face pointing away from the track or the outside face. The gauge side is the side of the rail which guides the wheel flange.

tension

Railways; Railroad

An axial force or stress caused by equal and opposite forces pulling at the ends of the members. In simple bending it is also present above or below the neutral axis.

figure eight

Railways; Railroad

A type of layout where the continuous run crosses over itself in the shape of the number eight.

terminus

Railways; Railroad

A station found at the end of a railway line where departing trains have to travel back in same direction out of the platforms as that from which they arrived.