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Railway
Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.
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willful violation
Transportation; Railway
To intentionally circumvent or ignore a regulatory safety requirement.
wood trestle
Transportation; Railway
A wood structure composed of bents supporting stringers, the whole forming a support for loads applied to the stringers through the deck.
written authorization
Transportation; Railway
The formal procedure where a person is designated in a document generated by a railroad to conduct certain safety related functions such as track inspection or maintenance of track under traffic ...
adjacent track
Transportation; Railway
In relation to excepted track and for the purposes of the Track Safety Standards, any track or tracks next to a track that is designated as an excepted track. Any tracks or tracks with centerlines ...
rail adjustment
Transportation; Railway
A process whereby the neutral temperature of continuous welded rail (CWR) is raised or lowered through the removing or adding of rail.
administrator
Transportation; Railway
The chief officer of the Federal Railroad Administration. That person has the authority to issue safety regulations and other emergency directives.
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