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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starting signal

Railways; Railroad

An extra signal placed at the departure end of a platform so as to allow trains to run into the station and stop even though there is a train in the next section.

grade rail

Railways; Railroad

The rail first surfaced to track elevation; the line rail on tangents, the inner or low rail on curves.

track section

Railways; Railroad

A section of track that is isolated from the rest of the layout by section breaks and which has its own track feed and section switch.

A term applied to the use of a bridge structure and its approaches to divide or separate the crossing movement of vehicular, pedestrian or other traffic, by confining portions thereof to different ...

track shim

Railways; Railroad

A bearing piece, usually wood or metal of various thickness, at least equal to the width and length of the tie plate, for temporary use between the tie plate and ties to raise (surface) the rail to a ...

guard rail

Railways; Railroad

1. A rail laid parallel to and inside a running rail to prevent wheels from being derailed or to hold wheels in proper alignment and keep wheels on the other rail from striking the points of switches ...