Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

Contributors in Railway

Railway

Central guide fitted in the middle of the tracks on steep inclines for certain mountain lines, enabling the trains to climb steeper slopes than would normally be possible through adhesion alone by ...

rail lubricators

Transportation; Railway

Devices used in front of steam engines to facilitate curve negotiation and limit axle wear.

railcar / railbus

Transportation; Railway

A railcar may be incorporated in a train composition with a maximum of six bodies, as opposed to a railbus (FNC, U 150 for example) where the limit is set to four bodies. A railbus may push a trailer ...

ramps

Transportation; Railway

Permanent magnets and electro-magnets are housed in ramps that are located between the rails and produce the corresponding sound in the cabin as part of the AWS system. When the unit passes the ...

reception on an occupied track

Transportation; Railway

In busy stations, some trains may be received on occupied tracks (i.e. a train is already at the platform). Doing so increases the number of tracks, which therefore enables a greater number of trains ...

relief train

Transportation; Railway

Train with the same times, crossings and garaging points as a scheduled, conditional or special train on a route where the relief train effectively doubles, triples, and so on, the previous train. ...

remote-controlled substation

Transportation; Railway

A substation whose main line buildings are controlled by the movements inspector from another station (or the controller). The movements inspector in charge of remote-controlled operations has ...