Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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platelayer

Transportation; Railway

Term denoting a person who maintains or lays tracks.

Facing points enable trains to change lines (i.e. the single track diverges into two), whereas "trailing points" cannot change the direction of trains passing through them (i.e. two tracks converging ...

fan of sidings

Transportation; Railway

A large marshalling yard is generally divided into three fans of sidings. The reception sidings receive the feeder trains and connection trains from other marshalling yards. The trains are split up ...

fast train

Transportation; Railway

Passenger train only stopping at the main stations.

feeder trains

Transportation; Railway

Loaded wagons ready to be dispatched are grouped together to form a feeder train that is then sent to the nearest marshalling yard to form new trains according to the final destinations.

end-of-section signal

Transportation; Railway

Signal used as part of the lower pantographs system in various countries. When this sign is crossed, the driver may raise the pantographs (see Lower pantographs signals).

fish plate

Transportation; Railway

Metal plate used to join together two lengths of rail on the track. When the train wheels pass over the join, it produces the distinctive rat-a-tat noise, which is gradually disappearing nowadays ...