Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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white feather

Transportation; Railway

Nickname for the steam seen escaping for the safety valves when there is full pressure in the boiler.

adhesive weight

Transportation; Railway

The adhesive weight is that part of the locomotive weight carried on the driving wheels which can therefore contribute towards adhesion. See also Adhesive Factor.

accomodation bridge

Transportation; Railway

A bridge that connects two separate parts of land which were under common ownership but separated when the railway was built

alinement (or alignment)

Transportation; Railway

The position of the track or rail in the horizontal plane expressed as tangent or curve.

Regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and sometimes state and local authorities they include: (1) Waters used for interstate or foreign commerce, (2) all other waters including lakes, rivers, ...

walschaerts valve gear

Transportation; Railway

A form of link motion valve gear first patented in 1844 by Egged Walschaerts, a Belgian engineer. It first appeared on a British railway in 1878 when an 0-4-4 tank locomotive fitted with it was ...