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Rail equipment

498 entries in this trade.

2-6-4

nounRail equipment

Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.

4-6-2

nounRail equipment

Under the Whyte notation system, the wheel arrangement of a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and a pair of trailing wheels; a locomotive with this arrangement.

A3

nounRail equipment

A3 class, a class of steam locomotive used on the London and North Eastern Railway.

A4

nameRail equipment

A4 class, a class of steam locomotive used on the London and North Eastern Railway.

air line

nounRail equipment

A railroad following a very flat, straight route between two endpoints in order to minimize travel times, choosing the shortest, most direct route practical even if longer route that was more advantageous was available.

annunciator

nounRail equipment

A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.

aspect

nounRail equipment

The visual indication of railway signal as displayed to the driver. With three-aspect colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green, and on four-aspect signals, double-yellow also; a two-aspect signal displays red or green.

autoballaster

nounRail equipment

A type of ballast wagon, used to carry new ballast and then spread it along a section of railway track.

autocoach

nounRail equipment

An unpowered railway coach with a driving cab at one end, used in a push-pull train in conjunction with a locomotive or other powered vehicle.

automatic train control

nounRail equipment

A train protection system that involves a speed control mechanism in response to external inputs. For example, a system could effect an emergency brake application if the driver does not react to a signal at danger.

axle guard

nounRail equipment

The part of the framing of a railway car or truck by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically.

axle load

nounRail equipment

the total weight, including load carried, transferred by one axle and its wheels to a road or railway surface. This is especially important in relation to what weight road and railway structures can carry, bridges in particular.

B-unit

nounRail equipment

A locomotive with an engine, generator, and traction motors, but without a control cab.

baggage car

nounRail equipment

A railway vehicle in passenger trains used to carry passengers' heavy luggage; a luggage van.

banker

nounRail equipment

A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.

banking

nounRail equipment

The practice of assisting a train up a steep incline (called a bank) with another locomotive at the rear.

banner repeater

nounRail equipment

A type of railway signal which shows the aspect of a signal ahead of it, normally used in a situation where the main signal is hidden from view, for instance where there is a curve in the track.

bar car

nounRail equipment

A railroad passenger car where drinks are served, typically with seating arranged around cocktail tables.

barrow crossing

nounRail equipment

A type of crossing found mainly in railway stations which allows passengers to cross between platforms at track level.

blanketing

nounRail equipment

The provision of a layer under the trackbed to prevent clay subsoil and water being forced to the surface by the weight of trains.

blind spot

nounRail equipment

The part of the railway/tramway track that cannot be seen in the side mirror or the side window.

block section

nounRail equipment

In railway signalling, a section of track on which, in normal circumstances, only one train is allowed at one time.

block signal

nounRail equipment

One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system, often coupled with a switch so that opening or closing the switch also operates the signal.

block system

nounRail equipment

On railways, a system by which the track is divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains are run by the guidance of electric signals so that no train enters a section or block before the preceding train has left it.

blowback

nounRail equipment

On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.

bogie

nounRail equipment

One of two sets of wheels under a locomotive or railcar; also, a structure with axles and wheels under a locomotive, railcar, or semi which provides support and reduces vibration for the vehicle.

bogie bolster wagon

nounRail equipment

A long flat wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, with transverse baulks of timber (bolsters) placed at intervals on the wagon's bed to carry the load.

BR

nameRail equipment

Initialism of British Rail, formerly British Railways up to 1965.

Bradshaw

nounRail equipment

A former railway guide and timetable published by George Bradshaw. Publication ceased in May 1961.

brake van

nounRail equipmentdated

A railway vehicle used to brake a (goods) train, usually placed at the end of the train. These were essential before continuous train braking became universal.

break of gauge

nounRail equipment

an occurrence where a railway with one track gauge meets another railway of a different gauge, thus requiring transhipment of goods and passengers, or a change of bogies on the train.

buff

nounRail equipment

Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.

buffer up

verbRail equipment

To move (a rail vehicle) so that its buffers are touching the buffers of another rail vehicle.

buffet car

nounRail equipment

A railway carriage in which food and drink can be bought at a counter, and either taken to another carriage or consumed at the seating provided.

bullhead rail

nounRail equipment

A type of rail, most commonly used in the United Kingdom (now obsolescent), with a head and foot similar in cross-section, that is supported in cast-iron chairs and secured in the chairs by wooden wedges (known as "keys") or steel springs.

bunker

nounRail equipment

The coal compartment on a tank engine; it can also refer to that on a tender engine.

cab forward

nounRail equipment

a design of steam locomotive with the cab at the front, mainly built for the Southern Pacific Railroad, which at one time had a large fleet of oil-fired articulated locomotives.

cab signalling

nounRail equipment

A rail safety system installed in the driving cab of a train, which gives information to the train driver on track status and condition.

car

nounRail equipment

Any vehicle designed to run on rails, especially an unpowered one towed by being connected to others.