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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surface of track

Railways; Railroad

The condition of a track as to vertical evenness or smoothness over short distances.

parent track

Railways; Railroad

A track from which a turnout is constructed. A main track is the parent track in regard to a passing track or spur, a ladder track is the parent track in regard to the yard tracks.

passing track

Railways; Railroad

A track auxiliary to the main track used for meeting or passing trains.

phase break

Railways; Railroad

A location where overhead wires are arranged to provide an insulated section between different sources of electric power.

pile

Railways; Railroad

A member usually driven or jetted into the ground and deriving its support from the underlying strata, and by the friction of the ground on its surface. The usual functions of a pile are: (a) to ...