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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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sleeper or tie
Railways; Railroad
A piece of timber or concrete that (usually) runs perpendicular to the rails and supports the rails.
closure rail
Railways; Railroad
The lead rails connecting the heels of a switch with the toe ends of a frog.
slide fence
Railways; Railroad
A warning device connected to signals which warn trains of rock or landslides when fence wire is broken by rock fall.
coaling stage
Railways; Railroad
A tower like arrangement over a track into which coal is mechanically loaded. The coal can be dropped directly into the tender of steam locomotives.
coefficient of thermal expansion
Railways; Railroad
The unit strain produced in a material by a change of one degree in temperature.
snow fence
Railways; Railroad
A structure erected to form artificial eddies on the windward side of a cut far enough to cause snow to deposit between fence and cut. A portable or permanent wood fence, a hedge, or stone fence is ...
