Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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out-of-course running

Transportation; Railway

International term for designating a train running behind schedule.

oxyacetylene

Transportation; Railway

Decommissioned stock generally winds up at the scrap yard, where the scrap metal workers cut up the bodies and chassis with oxyacetylene torches: a word that sends a shiver up the spine of any ...

Designates two railcars (three in special cases, of which two may be twin units) that can be separated by one or more trailers; each railcar (or twin unit) is controlled by a driver. With pairing, ...

pantograph

Transportation; Railway

Device placed on the roof of electric locomotives that serves to establish contact with the catenary, so as to draw the electricity required to power its engines.

passenger building

Transportation; Railway

Main component of a railway station.

passing track

Transportation; Railway

A train can enter a station on the passing track while the main track is used (as opposed to the secondary line) to park another train, so that it can be overtaken by the train entering on the ...