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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solid top

Railways; Railroad

A layout having a solid baseboard across the entire board. Scenery is only at and above track level and is supported on the board.

compression

Railways; Railroad

An axle force or stress caused by equal and opposite forces pushing at the ends of a member. In simple bending it is also present above or below the neutral axis.

spike puller

Railways; Railroad

A steel bar about 5 feet long with a claw end shaped for pulling spikes by leverage; also called a claw bar.

compromise bars

Railways; Railroad

Special joint bars to connect rails of different section in such a way that the gage sides and the top of the head and running surfaces are held in line. Also called offset bars.

A tool with a claw end and two or three pairs of knobs on a straight bar. A spike puller is engaged with the knobs after the claw is slipped under the spike head. It is used to withdraw spikes from ...

compromise joint

Railways; Railroad

A special rail joint, sometimes also called a step joint, for uniting rails of different sections; made so it brings gage sides and joined rail heads into line so that continuous smooth surfaces are ...

spiked switch

Railways; Railroad

A switch with its points held in fixed position by a spike, usually to prevent a disconnected or damaged switch from being thrown through error, or to prevent trains from using a track that has been ...