Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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traverser

Transportation; Railway

Sideways-moving platform for shifting locomotives perpendicular to a set of parallel lines. They can still be found in certain depots and workshops, and even some stations.

Shunt-ahead signals are used exclusively for shunting. They are generally fixed close to the ground and are either represented by a small arm or disc. The arm is held in the horizontal position to ...

box

Transportation; Railway

Term used to designate containers amongst goods handlers in the railway and shipping sectors.

truck

Transportation; Railway

Two-axle bogie generally for narrow-gauge tracks forming a small flat wagon that can transport vehicles and guns. When coupled, two trucks can receive footplates for flat wagons, tank wagons, and so ...

shunter

Transportation; Railway

The shunter used to take up position at the fan of sidings and was in charge of one or more sidings. The shunter stopped the cuts by placing stop blocks at the right distance, which wedged under the ...

brakeman

Transportation; Railway

Train crewmember in charge of braking the wagon under his responsibility following an order from the driver given by the cabin's whistle. Before the advent of continuous automatic braking systems, ...

turntable

Transportation; Railway

Circular rotating table equipped with rails (crossing the circle's diameter with sometimes two perpendicular sets) used to turn locomotives or replace switch gear.