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Rail equipment

498 entries in this trade.

out of gauge

prep phraseRail equipment

Of rail vehicles, or loads carried on freight vehicles: where dimensions exceed the loading gauge or structure gauge for a particular line or route.

Pacer

nounRail equipment

A British lightweight railbus diesel multiple unit of class 140, 141, 142, 143 or 144.

pantograph

nounRail equipment

A similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams.

parliamentary

adjectiveRail equipment

Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.

parliamentary train

nounRail equipment

Originally a requirement in the Railway Regulation Act 1844 for railways to run at least one train a day each way, at a cost to passengers of no more than one penny a mile, on every railway line in the country. Presently the term is used for passenger trains that serve a line or station only once a day or week to avoid the cost of applying for closure.

pass

nounRail equipment

A passing of two trains in the same direction on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other overtake it.

path

nounRail equipment

A slot available for allocation to a railway train over a given route in between other trains.

permissive working

nounRail equipment

A system allowing more than one train at a time to be on the same line in a block section, a signal section, or a dead-end platform line.

petticoat pipe

nounRail equipment

A short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft.

pilotman

nounRail equipment

A railway employee who directs operations over a section of railway line temporarily reduced to single track, e.g. during maintenance work, or within an unsignalled area or over a line unfamiliar to the engine crew.

piped

adjectiveRail equipment

Of a rail vehicle, having a through brake pipe, without the vehicle having brakes operating from it.

platform loop

nounRail equipment

A short stretch of railway line at a railway station which leaves a through line to serve a platform, before rejoining the through line beyond the station.

pool

nounRail equipment

A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.

private siding

nounRail equipment

a railway siding owned by a company, also possibly served by their own locomotive, which is connected to and served by a railway, but is not part of the railway's infrastructure.

Pullman

nounRail equipment

A railroad passenger car; especially one of the luxurious ones named after the eponymous Pullman Palace Car Company.

push-pull

adjectiveRail equipment

Operating with locomotives at both the head and rear of a train, or with a locomotive at one end and a driving position in the vehicle at the opposite end, so that the train can be driven from either end.

rail anchor

nounRail equipment

A spring steel clip that attaches to the underside of the rail baseplate and bears against the sides of the sleepers to prevent longitudinal movement of the rail.

rail joint

nounRail equipment

A join between two rails in a railway track placed end to end; the rails are joined by fishplates where joints are not welded.

rail spike

nounRail equipment

A type of large nail with an offset head used to fasten a rail or base plate to a wooden railroad tie/sleeper.

rail trail

nounRail equipment

A former railway track converted into a multi-use path, typically as a greenway for walking and cycling.

railhead

nounRail equipment

A point on a railway system where goods (or passengers) are loaded, unloaded or transferred to other transport.

railroad track

nounRail equipment

A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel.

railway key

nounRail equipment

A key that allows one to lock and unlock doors to railway carriages and compartments, typically only permitted to railway employees.

RE

nameRail equipment

The station code of Rewari Junction railway station in India.

red flag

nounRail equipment

A flag formerly used by a railway guard to warn the driver not to start the train.

release

nounRail equipment

In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.

reporting mark

nounRail equipment

A code of up to four letters allocated to and used by railroads and other owners of rolling stock for identification purposes, shown on each rail vehicle in combination with an individual number for the vehicle.

reverse

adjectiveRail equipment

To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.

right-away signal

nounRail equipment

A signal given to a train driver by the guard of the train, or a member of station staff, that the train is ready to depart.

road slug

nounRail equipment

A kind of slug (locomotive accessory) intended to serve as part of a regular locomotive consist for road haulage.

road-rail vehicle

nounRail equipment

A vehicle that can be driven along roads to a place where retractable railway wheels can be lowered onto railway track to allow it to be used on the railway, often used for maintenance and construction purposes.

road-railer

nounRail equipment

A road vehicle that can be used on railway track by lowering retractable railway wheels on to the track at a suitable level place.

route

nounRail equipment

A path that has been secured by a railway signalling system for the passage of a train and locked to prevent any conflicting train movements from taking place.