Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Railway

Family of steam locomotives characterised by two carrying axles, two driving axles and a trailing carrying axle (4-4-2 arrangement). The first Atlantics came into service in the USA in 1890 on the ...

AWS signals

Transportation; Railway

The automatic warning system of train control (AWS) provides train drivers with a reminder to slow down or stop via signals in the cabin (using the bell, horn and visual equipment). The start of an ...

baltic

Transportation; Railway

Locomotive with a 4-6-4 wheel arrangement.

berne key

Transportation; Railway

The vast majority of rolling stock locks can be opened with a square key, called a Berne key. In Switzerland, these keys can be obtained from the station service managers and come in various shapes ...

flaman

Transportation; Railway

Speed recorder developed in 1900 by Flaman, an engineer at the Compagnie de l’Est, used to inform the driver of the locomotive's speed whilst recording it on a paper tape running past an ink ...

mikado locomotive

Transportation; Railway

Locomotive with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement (two leading carrying wheels, eight coupled driving wheels and two trailing carrying wheels). The name comes from the design built in the US and supplied to ...

nabla fasteners

Transportation; Railway

Rails today in some countries are fixed to the sleepers using plastic NABLA fasteners. Sleeper screws are used to block the rail on the clip, which itself is applied to the sleeper. As the gauge is ...