Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

Industry: Transportation

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diesel-electric

Transportation; Railway

Electric transmission diesel engine. On a diesel-electric, the diesel engine produces the energy required by the traction motors.

birdcage

Transportation; Railway

Type of brake car with an elevated lookout for the guard.

Employee qualified to organise and control train traffic for specific regulated lines and sections, as well as executing or enforcing the security operations under his/her responsibility as defined ...

diesel fuel

Transportation; Railway

Refers to the combustible used by locomotives with a heavy diesel engine. The refining rate comes in between fuel and diesel.

block signals

Transportation; Railway

To ensure adequate spacing between trains running along the same line, the lines are divided into blocks; entry to each block is controlled: generally by a semaphore; by a banner signal containing a ...

trailable one-way/two-way points

Transportation; Railway

Switch gear controls may or may not (depending on their principle of operation) allow the movable parts to be forced open. Two-way controls enable the parts to be opened, which is not the case with ...