走行

/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/

/t͡soʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/

Wasei kango (和製漢語), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 走(そう)行(こう) (sōkō, “travel”)

wasei kango

列車區間走行1785千米

列车区间走行1785千米

(rail transport) to move, operate [of rail vehicles].


Euston

It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers.

2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 45:

(rail transport) A large railway station in central London (OS grid ref TQ2982).


under one's own steam

A reference to the operation of a steam engine: see sense 1.

Now the tug no longer moved under her own steam, nor had it been since coming alongside the wall of the central pier. For all vessels must be towed through the lock basins, and towed not by other craft, but by electric locomotives that run alongside, on top of the concrete walls.

1915, Victor Appleton [pseudonym], “Almost an Accident”, in The Moving Picture Boys at Panama: Or Stirring Adventures along the Grand Canal, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 106:

By Tuesday evening the track had been cleared to the three snowbound engines, and the following day, under their own steam, they were moved away; the business of relighting their fires and raising steam in such conditions is better imagined than described.

1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 178:

(nautical, rail transport) Of the movement of a locomotive or a watercraft: by means of the power of its own engines (originally steam engines), rather than pulled or pushed by another vehicle.


traincrew

traincrews (plural)
train crew (alternative)

This has included, for example, getting French railway driving licences for traincrew, as cross acceptance will cease in a no deal scenario.

2019 October, Rail Freight Group, “Consequences of a no deal Brexit”, in Modern Railways, page 20:

All that is happily a thing of the past, following construction of a new combined engineering and traincrew depot to which some 450 frontline and managerial staff have been transferred.

2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Exeter Train Care Depot”, in RAIL, number 940, page 51:

Traincrew management has always been a bit of a black art, rather than a science. The present traincrew difficulties that beset the UK rail industry are neither new nor were they unforeseeable.

2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:

(rail transport) The crew of employees that operate a railway train.


Amtrak

Coined circa 1971; blend of American + track.

Trains are fuller under Amtrak, but it is thought to be largely because there are fewer trains.

1969, School Mathematics Study Group, Studies in mathematics, volumes 19-20, page 8:

Its pitifully small appropriation of $40 million already gone, Amtrak has asked Congress for another $170 million to keep the trains running through mid-1973.

1971, “Give the trains a chance”, in Life, page 42:

The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen.

1999, Bernd Schmitt, Experiential marketing, page 39:

(US, rail transport) A US passenger railway (incorporated as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation).


Acela

A shortening of Acela Express, from a marketing coinage based on acceleration and excellence.

(US, rail transport) The service mark of Amtrak's high-speed rail service in the Northeast Corridor of the United States.


Northeast Corridor

Northeast Corridor
Northeast megalopolis

(rail transport) Amtrak's rail routes from Washington DC to Boston MA.


wagon-couchette

fr-noun

wagon-couchette m (plural wagons-couchettes)

(rail transport) sleeping car (a railroad car with sleeping facilities for passengers travelling overnight.)


horsecar

horsecars (plural)
horse car (alternative)

Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than […] the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, […]

1878, Henry James, An International Episode:

(rail transport) A streetcar or tram drawn by a horse.

(rail transport) A freight car designed for transporting horses.


flag stop

All trains stop at all stations, with the exception of a few "local" stations near Mombasa and an odd flag stop or two usually missed by the mails.

1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:

(rail transport, US) A train station at which trains stop only on request.


wagon-poste

wagon-poste m (plural wagons-poste or wagons-poste)


baseplate

Baseplates are inserted between rail and sleeper to measure the dynamic loads which are being imposed; […].

1964 July, “Prince Philip opens the new BR Research Laboratories at Derby”, in Modern Railways, page 24:


pointsman

The signalman, as such, was unknown at first. At junctions, or for shunting, the pointsman was responsible both for setting the points and working the appropriate signals, the two being independent. As a result, accidents were comparatively frequent, and the pointsman's job was, at best, a hazardous one.

1955 April, R. H. Warring, “Some Early Railway Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 231:

At their point of origin, constructing these boxes presented railway companies with an attractive proposition: to remove the need for pointsmen and flagmen operating at several ground-level locations around a railway site by housing one or two men in a signal structure.

2021 October 20, Dr Joseph Brennan, “A key part of our diverse railway heritage”, in RAIL, number 942, page 57:

(rail transport, chiefly British) A man in charge of railroad points (switches).

стрелочник

a man in charge of railroad points or switches


doublestack

(rail transport) Involving intermodal containers stacked two units high.


buffet car

A small ornamental panel displayed the Great Central's slogan, "Each Express is Vestibuled and has a Buffet Car attached." The buffet car is now being successfully exploited again by the L.N.E.R., but it is only last May that this facility returned to its parent line after a long absence.

1934 February, B. K. Cooper, “Some Great Central Reflections”, in Railway Magazine, page 83:

(rail transport) 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.


restaurant car

One result of this latest increase is the odd situation that a restaurant car dinner costs 6d. more than a Pullman dinner (boat trains excluded).

1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Fewer meals on wheels?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:

TfW's [Transport for Wales] Mk 4s [Mk 4 coaches] are due to operate three pairs of workings between Holyhead and Cardiff, with First Class passengers offered complimentary breakfast, lunch or dinner cooked in the restaurant car.

2019 October, Rhodri Clark, “TfW seeks PRM derogation for Class 37 sets”, in Modern Railways, page 87:

Yes, Great Western Railway has a handful of restaurant cars on Mon-Fri, but on most services you'll be lucky to get a sandwich.

2022 November 30, Barry Doe, “Eurostar award demonstrates value of catering”, in RAIL, number 971, page 71:


ravintolavaunu

ravintolavaunu (nominative singular)
ravintolavaunut (nominative plural)
ravintolavaunu (accusative nominative singular)
ravintolavaunut (accusative nominative plural)
ravintolavaunun (accusative genitive singular)
ravintolavaunut (accusative genitive plural)
ravintolavaunun (genitive singular)
ravintolavaunujen (genitive plural)
ravintolavaunua (partitive singular)
ravintolavaunuja (partitive plural)
ravintolavaunussa (inessive singular)
ravintolavaunuissa (inessive plural)
ravintolavaunusta (elative singular)
ravintolavaunuista (elative plural)
ravintolavaunuun (illative singular)
ravintolavaunuihin (illative plural)
ravintolavaunulla (adessive singular)
ravintolavaunuilla (adessive plural)
ravintolavaunulta (ablative singular)
ravintolavaunuilta (ablative plural)
ravintolavaunulle (allative singular)
ravintolavaunuille (allative plural)
ravintolavaununa (essive singular)
ravintolavaunuina (essive plural)
ravintolavaunuksi (singular translative)
ravintolavaunuiksi (plural translative)
ravintolavaunutta (abessive singular)
ravintolavaunuitta (abessive plural)
ravintolavaunuin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
ravintolavaununi (nominative singular)
ravintolavaununi (nominative plural)
ravintolavaununi (accusative nominative singular)
ravintolavaununi (accusative nominative plural)
ravintolavaununi (accusative genitive singular)
ravintolavaununi (accusative genitive plural)
ravintolavaununi (genitive singular)
ravintolavaunujeni (genitive plural)
ravintolavaunuani (partitive singular)
ravintolavaunujani (partitive plural)
ravintolavaunussani (inessive singular)
ravintolavaunuissani (inessive plural)
ravintolavaunustani (elative singular)
ravintolavaunuistani (elative plural)
ravintolavaunuuni (illative singular)
ravintolavaunuihini (illative plural)
ravintolavaunullani (adessive singular)
ravintolavaunuillani (adessive plural)
ravintolavaunultani (ablative singular)
ravintolavaunuiltani (ablative plural)
ravintolavaunulleni (allative singular)
ravintolavaunuilleni (allative plural)
ravintolavaununani (essive singular)
ravintolavaunuinani (essive plural)
ravintolavaunukseni (singular translative)
ravintolavaunuikseni (plural translative)
ravintolavaunuttani (abessive singular)
ravintolavaunuittani (abessive plural)
ravintolavaunuineni (comitative plural)
ravintolavaunusi (nominative singular)
ravintolavaunusi (nominative plural)
ravintolavaunusi (accusative nominative singular)
ravintolavaunusi (accusative nominative plural)
ravintolavaunusi (accusative genitive singular)
ravintolavaunusi (accusative genitive plural)
ravintolavaunusi (genitive singular)
ravintolavaunujesi (genitive plural)
ravintolavaunuasi (partitive singular)
ravintolavaunujasi (partitive plural)
ravintolavaunussasi (inessive singular)
ravintolavaunuissasi (inessive plural)
ravintolavaunustasi (elative singular)
ravintolavaunuistasi (elative plural)
ravintolavaunuusi (illative singular)
ravintolavaunuihisi (illative plural)
ravintolavaunullasi (adessive singular)
ravintolavaunuillasi (adessive plural)
ravintolavaunultasi (ablative singular)
ravintolavaunuiltasi (ablative plural)
ravintolavaunullesi (allative singular)
ravintolavaunuillesi (allative plural)
ravintolavaununasi (essive singular)
ravintolavaunuinasi (essive plural)
ravintolavaunuksesi (singular translative)
ravintolavaunuiksesi (plural translative)
ravintolavaunuttasi (abessive singular)
ravintolavaunuittasi (abessive plural)
ravintolavaunuinesi (comitative plural)
ravintolavaunumme (nominative singular)
ravintolavaunumme (nominative plural)
ravintolavaunumme (accusative nominative singular)
ravintolavaunumme (accusative nominative plural)
ravintolavaunumme (accusative genitive singular)
ravintolavaunumme (accusative genitive plural)
ravintolavaunumme (genitive singular)
ravintolavaunujemme (genitive plural)
ravintolavaunuamme (partitive singular)
ravintolavaunujamme (partitive plural)
ravintolavaunussamme (inessive singular)
ravintolavaunuissamme (inessive plural)
ravintolavaunustamme (elative singular)
ravintolavaunuistamme (elative plural)
ravintolavaunuumme (illative singular)
ravintolavaunuihimme (illative plural)
ravintolavaunullamme (adessive singular)
ravintolavaunuillamme (adessive plural)
ravintolavaunultamme (ablative singular)
ravintolavaunuiltamme (ablative plural)
ravintolavaunullemme (allative singular)
ravintolavaunuillemme (allative plural)
ravintolavaununamme (essive singular)
ravintolavaunuinamme (essive plural)
ravintolavaunuksemme (singular translative)
ravintolavaunuiksemme (plural translative)
ravintolavaunuttamme (abessive singular)
ravintolavaunuittamme (abessive plural)
ravintolavaunuinemme (comitative plural)
ravintolavaununne (nominative singular)
ravintolavaununne (nominative plural)
ravintolavaununne (accusative nominative singular)
ravintolavaununne (accusative nominative plural)
ravintolavaununne (accusative genitive singular)
ravintolavaununne (accusative genitive plural)
ravintolavaununne (genitive singular)
ravintolavaunujenne (genitive plural)
ravintolavaunuanne (partitive singular)
ravintolavaunujanne (partitive plural)
ravintolavaunussanne (inessive singular)
ravintolavaunuissanne (inessive plural)
ravintolavaunustanne (elative singular)
ravintolavaunuistanne (elative plural)
ravintolavaunuunne (illative singular)
ravintolavaunuihinne (illative plural)
ravintolavaunullanne (adessive singular)
ravintolavaunuillanne (adessive plural)
ravintolavaunultanne (ablative singular)
ravintolavaunuiltanne (ablative plural)
ravintolavaunullenne (allative singular)
ravintolavaunuillenne (allative plural)
ravintolavaununanne (essive singular)
ravintolavaunuinanne (essive plural)
ravintolavaunuksenne (singular translative)
ravintolavaunuiksenne (plural translative)
ravintolavaunuttanne (abessive singular)
ravintolavaunuittanne (abessive plural)
ravintolavaunuinenne (comitative plural)
ravintolavaununsa (nominative singular)
ravintolavaununsa (nominative plural)
ravintolavaununsa (accusative nominative singular)
ravintolavaununsa (accusative nominative plural)
ravintolavaununsa (accusative genitive singular)
ravintolavaununsa (accusative genitive plural)
ravintolavaununsa (genitive singular)
ravintolavaunujensa (genitive plural)
ravintolavaunuaan (partitive singular)
ravintolavaunuansa (partitive singular)
ravintolavaunujaan (partitive plural)
ravintolavaunujansa (partitive plural)
ravintolavaunussaan (inessive singular)
ravintolavaunussansa (inessive singular)
ravintolavaunuissaan (inessive plural)
ravintolavaunuissansa (inessive plural)
ravintolavaunustaan (elative singular)
ravintolavaunustansa (elative singular)
ravintolavaunuistaan (elative plural)
ravintolavaunuistansa (elative plural)
ravintolavaunuunsa (illative singular)
ravintolavaunuihinsa (illative plural)
ravintolavaunullaan (adessive singular)
ravintolavaunullansa (adessive singular)
ravintolavaunuillaan (adessive plural)
ravintolavaunuillansa (adessive plural)
ravintolavaunultaan (ablative singular)
ravintolavaunultansa (ablative singular)
ravintolavaunuiltaan (ablative plural)
ravintolavaunuiltansa (ablative plural)
ravintolavaunulleen (allative singular)
ravintolavaunullensa (allative singular)
ravintolavaunuilleen (allative plural)
ravintolavaunuillensa (allative plural)
ravintolavaununaan (essive singular)
ravintolavaununansa (essive singular)
ravintolavaunuinaan (essive plural)
ravintolavaunuinansa (essive plural)
ravintolavaunukseen (singular translative)
ravintolavaunuksensa (singular translative)
ravintolavaunuikseen (plural translative)
ravintolavaunuiksensa (plural translative)
ravintolavaunuttaan (abessive singular)
ravintolavaunuttansa (abessive singular)
ravintolavaunuittaan (abessive plural)
ravintolavaunuittansa (abessive plural)
ravintolavaunuineen (comitative plural)
ravintolavaunuinensa (comitative plural)

[ˈrɑ̝ʋin̪t̪o̞lɑ̝ˌʋɑ̝u̯nu]

ravintola (“restaurant”) + vaunu (“car, wagon”)


platform screen door

en-noun

platform screen door (plural platform screen doors)

They will feature wider gangways for better wheelchair accessibility, as well as compatibility with platform screen doors - should these ever be introduced in the future.

2023 August 9, “Network News: SPT delighted with testing of new Glasgow Subway trains”, in RAIL, number 989, page 24:

(rail transport) One of a series of doors at a train or subway station, at the edge of a platform, that prevent access beyond the platform when there is no train to be boarded.

laituriovi (hōmu doa)

one of a series of doors at a train or subway station


wreckmaster

(rail transport) Someone in charge of a wreck train


bufferhead

(rail transport) The head of a buffer on a carriage which receives the impact.


lowry

(chiefly US, rail transport) An open boxcar used on railroads.


turnplate

In the Birmingham station the large turnplate in the locomotive engine house is completed, and the necessary rails fitting it for the reception of engines will he laid in a few days.

1839, Peter Lecount, chapter 14, in The History of the Railway Connecting London and Birmingham, Simpkin, Marshall, and Company:

(rail transport) A turntable (rotating platform for turning vehicles).


standage

standage (countable and uncountable, plural standages)

The distribution depot at Liversedge is equipped with parallel sidings for wagon standage.

1964 January, “News and Comment: New block oil developments”, in Modern Railways, page 11:

(rail transport, dated) Space to stand or store railway wagons, such as a siding.

(rail transport, dated) A demurrage charge for wagons not unloaded by the consignee within a reasonable time.

[…] enhancements at Engine Shed Junction (to give 750-metre clear standage between there and Whitehall East Junction) […]

2021 February 10, Philip Haigh, “West Yorkshire plans huge improvements to rail network”, in RAIL, number 924, page 55:

(rail transport) Room for a train to stand if necessary, e.g. between junctions.


mind the gap

Don't tell me to mind the gap / I want my fucking money back!

2005, “London Underground”, performed by Amateur Transplants:

I once interviewed the man who made the first 'Mind the Gap' announcement: the one that reverberated for about thirty years on the Central Line at Bank, on the Bakerloo at Waterloo, and on the northbound Northern Line at Embankment.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 220:

(rail transport) Be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the platform it is near, in boarding or alighting; wide gaps between train and platform are caused by curved tracks and platforms in some stations.

小心空隙

be careful of the gap between vehicle and platform

kérjük, vigyázzanak a be- és kiszállásnál


rerail

en-verb

rerail (third-person singular simple present rerails, present participle rerailing, simple past and past participle rerailed)

rerails (present singular third-person)
rerailing (participle present)
rerailed (participle past)
rerailed (past)
re-rail (alternative)

At around 2130, a single wagon in a freight train derailed on a curve approaching the junction, and then rerailed as it passed over the junction.

2020 September 9, “Network News: NR earthworks maintenance measures "not effective"”, in Rail, page 10:

(rail transport, transitive) To replace on the rails.


narrow gauge

narrow gauges (plural)
narrow gage (alternative)

(rail transport) A track gauge less than standard gauge; such tracks; a railway that uses them.

窄軌 /窄轨

a railway gauge that is less than the standard gauge


broad gauge

broad gauges (plural)
broad gage (alternative)

(rail transport) A track gauge that is greater than standard gauge.

寬軌 /宽轨

a railway gauge greater than the standard gauge


整備

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³⁵ pei̯²²/

/ʈ͡ʂɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵¹/

/t͡sɪŋ³⁵ pei̯²²/

整備場

整备场

機車整備

机车整备

列車整備

列车整备

整備作業

整备作业

(chiefly rail transport, Mainland China) service; maintenance; repair


QTA

Quetta railway station
w:Quetta railway station

(rail transport) The station code of Quetta railway station in Pakistan.


擔當

/tän⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

/taːm⁵⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/tam²⁴⁻¹¹ toŋ²⁴/

/tam⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tam³³ tŋ̍³³/

/tam⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tän⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/

/taːm⁵⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

/tam²⁴⁻¹¹ toŋ²⁴/

/tam⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tam³³ tŋ̍³³/

/tam⁴⁴⁻²² tŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍⁴⁴/

/tam⁴⁴⁻³³ tŋ̍⁴⁴/

(Mainland China, rail transport) to operate


non-op

From non- + op (“operation; operator; operational; operative; operating”).

af

About 200000 "non-op" workers - clerks, telegraphers, machinists, and others not actually involved in operation of the roads - are not union members.

1951 December 12, “Nonoperating Rail Unions Ask Wage-Contract Support”, in Christian Science Monitor:

(rail transport) Nonoperating; not directly involved in the mechanical operation of trains.


non-op

For example, in the fall of 1973, when we had a rail strike, the government brought in legislation putting the non-ops back to work at an increase of only 30 cents an hour […]

1980, Jack Horner, My Own Brand, Hurtig Publishers, →ISBN:

(rail transport) A nonoperator; a rail worker not directly involved in the mechanical operation of trains.


TNA

Thane railway station
w:Thane railway station

(rail transport) The station code of Thane railway station in India.


TPE

Transpennine Express
w:Transpennine Express

(UK, rail transport) Abbreviation of Transpennine Express.


Thunderbird

The railway sense is derived from the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, about a secretive high-tech rescue organization, ultimately from thunderbird.

(UK, rail transport) A locomotive stored at a strategic point on the network so as to be available to quickly rescue a failed train.


kinematic envelope

en-noun

kinematic envelope (plural kinematic envelopes)

Travers Morgan Railways recognized this fact in 1990 and have developed a computerized technique to derive the true kinematic enveleope for indivdual rolling stock using basic vehicle parameters.

1992, Institution of Civil Engineers, edited by R.A. Vickers, Cost-effective maintenance of railway track: proceedings of the conference Cost-effective maintenance of railway track organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 25-26 June 1992, →ISBN, Discussion on Papers 3– 5, page 84:

However, in one respect Eurostar did condition the kinematic enveleope of Le Shuttle. […] The smaller Eurostar trains needed a lower step to overcome the height and width differential between the doorway and the walkway. This lower step became a significant element in determining the kinematic enveleope for the Shuttle trains, because of the limited clearance which resulted from its introduction into tunnel design.

1994, Institution of Civil Engineers, edited by Charles Penny, Channel Tunnel transport system: proceedings of the conference organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 4-5 October 1994, published 1996, →ISBN, Discussion on session 3, page 85:

A publication known as “Design Guide BaSS 501” provided a methodology wherby the kinematic enveleope of a vehicle (the space required by a given vehicle, moving at speed) at a specific location could be manually calculated from a number of input parameters.

2006, Simon Iwnicki, Handbook of Railway Vehicle Dynamics, →ISBN, page 184:

(rail transport) The outline of the space occupied by a rail vehicle when in motion, including the effects of tilt, sway, track cant, etc.


編成

ja-verb-suru

編(へん)成(せい)する • (hensei suru) transitive suru (stem 編(へん)成(せい)し (hensei shi), past 編(へん)成(せい)した (hensei shita))

編成する (canonical)
hensei suru (romanization)
編成し (stem)
編成した (past)
編成し
へんせいし
hensei shi
編成する
へんせいする
hensei suru
編成すれ
へんせいすれ
hensei sure
編成せよ (imperative literary)
編成しろ (colloquial imperative)
へんせいせよ (imperative literary)
へんせいしろ (colloquial imperative)
hensei seyo (imperative literary)
hensei shiro (colloquial imperative)
編成される (passive)
へんせいされる (passive)
hensei sareru (passive)
編成させる (causative)
編成さす (causative)
へんせいさせる (causative)
へんせいさす (causative)
hensei saseru (causative)
hensei sasu (causative)
編成できる (potential)
へんせいできる (potential)
hensei dekiru (potential)
編成しよう (volitional)
へんせいしよう (volitional)
hensei shiyō (volitional)
編成しない (negative)
へんせいしない (negative)
hensei shinai (negative)
編成せず (continuative negative)
へんせいせず (continuative negative)
hensei sezu (continuative negative)
編成します (formal)
へんせいします (formal)
hensei shimasu (formal)
編成した (perfective)
へんせいした (perfective)
hensei shita (perfective)
編成して (conjunctive)
へんせいして (conjunctive)
hensei shite (conjunctive)
編成すれば (conditional hypothetical)
へんせいすれば (conditional hypothetical)
hensei sureba (conditional hypothetical)

(rail transport) make up, be formed of, compose


possum belly

(rail transport) A toolbox under the caboose.


light railway

Under a Light Railway Order of 1904, the line was extended to Appledore, and opened thence on May 1, 1908, bringing the route length up to a fraction over 7 miles. The whole system was worked under this Order as a light railway, but this caused some friction with the local authorities when, under the authority of the Board of Trade, the gates were removed at five level crossings in May, 1905.

1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: The Bideford, Westward Ho! & Appledore Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 459:

Although the line is officially a light railway, it is of standard gauge, and the traffic, particularly during and since the war years, is anything but light.

1948 September and October, G. E. C. Webb, “By Light Railway to Fawley”, in Railway Magazine, page 307:

(rail transport, UK) A railway built at a lower cost, with a lighter track and to a lower standard than a main-line railway.


commuter rail

Boston and Philadelphia's commuter rails each have thirteen active lines, but Boston's lines reach, on average, over a third again farther out from the central city than their counterparts in Philly.

I took the commuter rail in to work today, since it's quicker and more convenient than driving on the highway at rush hour.

(rail transport) A rail transport system with trains used to transport commuters between two places, typically their homes and works, normally within a metropolitan area and its surrounding environs, and generally distinguished from other rail transport systems (i.e. subways, metros, tramways) by having less frequent service, lacking free transfers between trains and using heavy rolling stock running on a mainline railway


railway carriage

en-noun

railway carriage (plural railway carriages)

(UK, rail transport) A railroad car (for passengers)


stoneblower

NR also plans to display a stoneblower from its track treatment fleet at the show. [...] They are known as stoneblowers because they use compressed air to 'blow' extra stones under the sleepers where required, to correct the level of the track.

2021 April 21, Stefanie Foster, “Network Rail pledges major contribution to Rail Live 2021”, in RAIL, number 929, page 19:

(rail transport) A machine that automatically lifts and packs the sleepers of a railway with small-grade ballast, which is blown under the sleepers to level the track.


snifting valve

The small mounting behind the chimney of many L.N.E.R. locomotives is the "snifting" valve, or vacuum relief valve, provided to keep the superheater elements cool when the engine is running with steam shut off. When the engine is steaming, these valves, which are carried in small chambers connecting with the superheater header, are kept closed by the pressure of the steam; but as soon as the regulator is shut, the valves open, and admit cold air to the superheater pipes. Apart from this provision, the latter, when empty of steam, would be in danger of burning out by the action of the hot gases surrounding them, especially at the firebox end.

1946 March and April, “The Why and The Wherefore: Snifting Valves”, in Railway Magazine, page 127:

(rail transport) A small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke.


runround

So far I had shared driving on station-pilots, runround trips, empty coaches and suburban passenger jobs.

2018, Norman Hill, King's Cross Second Man: A Sixties Diesel Career:

Two sidings – one a runround loop – were laid alongside the down platform at Severn Tunnel Junction station.

2020, P D Rendall, Severn Tunnel Junction:

Laid as a single line, the WHR was provided with a runround loop at Dinas on the site of the former LNWR line, and two platforms were constructed.

2020, Paul Lawton, Lost Lines: Bangor to Afon Wen, page 45:

(rail transport) A route that loops around local rail yards for the transfer of goods (and sometimes used to turn cars around).


accommodation train

accommodation train (plural accommodation trains)

(rail transport) A local train that stops at all or nearly all stops and is used by passengers and freight.


RDC

The virtue of the R.D.C. is that it can be used for short inter-city trips such as this, or for branch services, or even for commuting. It is a pity that its spartan accommodation makes it unsuitable for long runs; the introduction by the C.P.R. of an "improved" service between Medicine Hat and Vancouver (nearly 1,000 miles stopping at almost all stations), using an R.D.C., got the hostile press reception it deserved.

1959 November, J. N. Westwood, “The Railways of Canada”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553:

(rail transport, US, Canada) A Budd Rail Diesel Car, a self-propelled railcar for passengers.


ambang

Inherited from Malay ambang, from Classical Malay امبڠ (ambang), from Proto-Malayic *hambaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaŋ.


train shed

train sheds (plural)
trainshed (alternative)

As David Leboff points out in London Underground Stations, it is the giant train shed [at Earl's Court] with its iron and glass roof that gives the station its 'main line railway feel'.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 79:

(rail transport) A building, adjacent to a railway station building, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof.

csarnok

a building, adjacent to a railway station, covering the tracks and platforms with a roof


umpiraide

umpiraide (nominative singular)
umpiraiteet (nominative plural)
umpiraide (accusative nominative singular)
umpiraiteet (accusative nominative plural)
umpiraiteen (accusative genitive singular)
umpiraiteet (accusative genitive plural)
umpiraiteen (genitive singular)
umpiraiteiden (genitive plural)
umpiraiteitten (genitive plural)
umpiraidetta (partitive singular)
umpiraiteita (partitive plural)
umpiraiteessa (inessive singular)
umpiraiteissa (inessive plural)
umpiraiteesta (elative singular)
umpiraiteista (elative plural)
umpiraiteeseen (illative singular)
umpiraiteisiin (illative plural)
umpiraiteihin (illative plural)
umpiraiteella (adessive singular)
umpiraiteilla (adessive plural)
umpiraiteelta (ablative singular)
umpiraiteilta (ablative plural)
umpiraiteelle (allative singular)
umpiraiteille (allative plural)
umpiraiteena (essive singular)
umpiraiteina (essive plural)
umpiraiteeksi (singular translative)
umpiraiteiksi (plural translative)
umpiraiteetta (abessive singular)
umpiraiteitta (abessive plural)
umpiraitein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
umpiraiteeni (nominative singular)
umpiraiteeni (nominative plural)
umpiraiteeni (accusative nominative singular)
umpiraiteeni (accusative nominative plural)
umpiraiteeni (accusative genitive singular)
umpiraiteeni (accusative genitive plural)
umpiraiteeni (genitive singular)
umpiraiteideni (genitive plural)
umpiraiteitteni (genitive plural)
umpiraidettani (partitive singular)
umpiraiteitani (partitive plural)
umpiraiteessani (inessive singular)
umpiraiteissani (inessive plural)
umpiraiteestani (elative singular)
umpiraiteistani (elative plural)
umpiraiteeseeni (illative singular)
umpiraiteisiini (illative plural)
umpiraiteihini (illative plural)
umpiraiteellani (adessive singular)
umpiraiteillani (adessive plural)
umpiraiteeltani (ablative singular)
umpiraiteiltani (ablative plural)
umpiraiteelleni (allative singular)
umpiraiteilleni (allative plural)
umpiraiteenani (essive singular)
umpiraiteinani (essive plural)
umpiraiteekseni (singular translative)
umpiraiteikseni (plural translative)
umpiraiteettani (abessive singular)
umpiraiteittani (abessive plural)
umpiraiteineni (comitative plural)
umpiraiteesi (nominative singular)
umpiraiteesi (nominative plural)
umpiraiteesi (accusative nominative singular)
umpiraiteesi (accusative nominative plural)
umpiraiteesi (accusative genitive singular)
umpiraiteesi (accusative genitive plural)
umpiraiteesi (genitive singular)
umpiraiteidesi (genitive plural)
umpiraiteittesi (genitive plural)
umpiraidettasi (partitive singular)
umpiraiteitasi (partitive plural)
umpiraiteessasi (inessive singular)
umpiraiteissasi (inessive plural)
umpiraiteestasi (elative singular)
umpiraiteistasi (elative plural)
umpiraiteeseesi (illative singular)
umpiraiteisiisi (illative plural)
umpiraiteihisi (illative plural)
umpiraiteellasi (adessive singular)
umpiraiteillasi (adessive plural)
umpiraiteeltasi (ablative singular)
umpiraiteiltasi (ablative plural)
umpiraiteellesi (allative singular)
umpiraiteillesi (allative plural)
umpiraiteenasi (essive singular)
umpiraiteinasi (essive plural)
umpiraiteeksesi (singular translative)
umpiraiteiksesi (plural translative)
umpiraiteettasi (abessive singular)
umpiraiteittasi (abessive plural)
umpiraiteinesi (comitative plural)
umpiraiteemme (nominative singular)
umpiraiteemme (nominative plural)
umpiraiteemme (accusative nominative singular)
umpiraiteemme (accusative nominative plural)
umpiraiteemme (accusative genitive singular)
umpiraiteemme (accusative genitive plural)
umpiraiteemme (genitive singular)
umpiraiteidemme (genitive plural)
umpiraiteittemme (genitive plural)
umpiraidettamme (partitive singular)
umpiraiteitamme (partitive plural)
umpiraiteessamme (inessive singular)
umpiraiteissamme (inessive plural)
umpiraiteestamme (elative singular)
umpiraiteistamme (elative plural)
umpiraiteeseemme (illative singular)
umpiraiteisiimme (illative plural)
umpiraiteihimme (illative plural)
umpiraiteellamme (adessive singular)
umpiraiteillamme (adessive plural)
umpiraiteeltamme (ablative singular)
umpiraiteiltamme (ablative plural)
umpiraiteellemme (allative singular)
umpiraiteillemme (allative plural)
umpiraiteenamme (essive singular)
umpiraiteinamme (essive plural)
umpiraiteeksemme (singular translative)
umpiraiteiksemme (plural translative)
umpiraiteettamme (abessive singular)
umpiraiteittamme (abessive plural)
umpiraiteinemme (comitative plural)
umpiraiteenne (nominative singular)
umpiraiteenne (nominative plural)
umpiraiteenne (accusative nominative singular)
umpiraiteenne (accusative nominative plural)
umpiraiteenne (accusative genitive singular)
umpiraiteenne (accusative genitive plural)
umpiraiteenne (genitive singular)
umpiraiteidenne (genitive plural)
umpiraiteittenne (genitive plural)
umpiraidettanne (partitive singular)
umpiraiteitanne (partitive plural)
umpiraiteessanne (inessive singular)
umpiraiteissanne (inessive plural)
umpiraiteestanne (elative singular)
umpiraiteistanne (elative plural)
umpiraiteeseenne (illative singular)
umpiraiteisiinne (illative plural)
umpiraiteihinne (illative plural)
umpiraiteellanne (adessive singular)
umpiraiteillanne (adessive plural)
umpiraiteeltanne (ablative singular)
umpiraiteiltanne (ablative plural)
umpiraiteellenne (allative singular)
umpiraiteillenne (allative plural)
umpiraiteenanne (essive singular)
umpiraiteinanne (essive plural)
umpiraiteeksenne (singular translative)
umpiraiteiksenne (plural translative)
umpiraiteettanne (abessive singular)
umpiraiteittanne (abessive plural)
umpiraiteinenne (comitative plural)
umpiraiteensa (nominative singular)
umpiraiteensa (nominative plural)
umpiraiteensa (accusative nominative singular)
umpiraiteensa (accusative nominative plural)
umpiraiteensa (accusative genitive singular)
umpiraiteensa (accusative genitive plural)
umpiraiteensa (genitive singular)
umpiraiteidensa (genitive plural)
umpiraiteittensa (genitive plural)
umpiraidettaan (partitive singular)
umpiraidettansa (partitive singular)
umpiraiteitaan (partitive plural)
umpiraiteitansa (partitive plural)
umpiraiteessaan (inessive singular)
umpiraiteessansa (inessive singular)
umpiraiteissaan (inessive plural)
umpiraiteissansa (inessive plural)
umpiraiteestaan (elative singular)
umpiraiteestansa (elative singular)
umpiraiteistaan (elative plural)
umpiraiteistansa (elative plural)
umpiraiteeseensa (illative singular)
umpiraiteisiinsa (illative plural)
umpiraiteihinsa (illative plural)
umpiraiteellaan (adessive singular)
umpiraiteellansa (adessive singular)
umpiraiteillaan (adessive plural)
umpiraiteillansa (adessive plural)
umpiraiteeltaan (ablative singular)
umpiraiteeltansa (ablative singular)
umpiraiteiltaan (ablative plural)
umpiraiteiltansa (ablative plural)
umpiraiteelleen (allative singular)
umpiraiteellensa (allative singular)
umpiraiteilleen (allative plural)
umpiraiteillensa (allative plural)
umpiraiteenaan (essive singular)
umpiraiteenansa (essive singular)
umpiraiteinaan (essive plural)
umpiraiteinansa (essive plural)
umpiraiteekseen (singular translative)
umpiraiteeksensa (singular translative)
umpiraiteikseen (plural translative)
umpiraiteiksensa (plural translative)
umpiraiteettaan (abessive singular)
umpiraiteettansa (abessive singular)
umpiraiteittaan (abessive plural)
umpiraiteittansa (abessive plural)
umpiraiteineen (comitative plural)
umpiraiteinensa (comitative plural)


skład

składzik (diminutive)
skład (nominative singular)
składy (nominative plural)
składu (genitive singular)
składów (genitive plural)
składowi (dative singular)
składom (dative plural)
skład (accusative singular)
składy (accusative plural)
składem (instrumental singular)
składami (instrumental plural)
składzie (locative singular)
składach (locative plural)
składzie (singular vocative)
składy (plural vocative)
skłod (alternative)

Inherited from Old Polish skład. By surface analysis, deverbal from składać.

surf

(rail transport) group of train wagons connected in a particular way


ADM

(rail transport) The station code of Admiralty in Hong Kong.


lineside

lineside signalling

Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding "at caution".

1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226:

(rail transport) Alongside a railway line.


lineside

My next stop is Oxford, which has also grown with the addition of new platforms to accommodate the Chiltern Railways service to London via Bicester - although, short sightedly, the planned electrification from Paddington was canned. Evidence of the volte-face can be seen along the line at places such as Radley, where mast piles are already sunk or lie discarded at the lineside.

2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, pages 67–68:

(rail transport) The area that borders a railway line.


éclisse

→ Catalan: eclissa

→ Portuguese: eclissa

Inherited from Old French esclice, esclis (“a piece split off”) (whence also English slice), deverbal of esclicer, esclicier (“to splinter, split up”), from Frankish *slitjan (“to split up”), from Proto-Germanic *slitjaną, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to split, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyd- (“to rend, injure, crumble”). Akin to German Schlitz and English slit.


slam-door

At the time of the termination of the franchise, CSE was also part-way through a programme of introducing new trains to replace 622 of its oldest trains including its 558 slam-door vehicles.

2005, Great Britain, The South Eastern Passenger Rail Franchise, National Audit Office:

And as for slam-door trains, you can bet there will be some teenagers growing up soon who just stand there with the door closed and have no idea why the train has moved off without letting them out...

2009, Benedict le Vay, Britain from the Rails: A Window Gazer's Guide, page 258:

First Great Western trains are often characterized by this curious air of panic. It's a combination of the company's attempts to repair its dreadful reputation for punctuality, and the 1970s slam-door carriages.

2010, Matthew Engel, Eleven Minutes Late: A Train Journey to the Soul of Britain:

For long-suffering suburban passengers, 1970 represented a milestone as the beginning of the demise of the slam-door multiple unit.

2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 68:

(UK, rail transport) Applied to an older kind of passenger train with heavy doors, opened from the inside by reaching out of the window to the handle on the outside.


機関車

ja-noun

機(き)関(かん)車(しゃ) • (kikansha) ^(←きくわんしや (kikwansya)?)

機関車 (canonical)
kikansha (romanization)
kikwansya (romanization)
きくわんしや (hiragana historical)

[kʲikã̠ɰ̃ɕa̠]


LHR

Lahore Junction railway station
w:Lahore Junction railway station

(rail transport) The station code of Lahore Junction railway station in Pakistan.


GCR

Great Central Railway
w:Great Central Railway

(UK, rail transport) Initialism of Great Central Railway.


Weichenstörung

de-noun

Weichenstörung f (genitive Weichenstörung, plural Weichenstörungen)

Weichenstörung (genitive)
Weichenstörungen (plural)
Weichenstörung (nominative singular)
Weichenstörungen (definite nominative plural)
Weichenstörung (genitive singular)
Weichenstörungen (definite genitive plural)
Weichenstörung (dative singular)
Weichenstörungen (dative definite plural)
Weichenstörung (accusative singular)
Weichenstörungen (accusative definite plural)


NRM

en-noun

NRM (countable and uncountable, plural NRMs)

National Railway Museum
w:National Railway Museum

(UK, rail transport) Initialism of National Railway Museum.


trase

From Dutch tracé, from French trace, tracer, from Old French tracier, from Vulgar Latin *tractiō, from Latin tractum. Compare to German Trasse.

(road transport, rail transport, engineering) line: a path through two or more points; a connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track


dead in the train

dead in train (alternative)
dead-in-train (alternative)

The electric locomotive was being hauled dead in the train by a diesel over the unpowered diversion route.

(rail transport, of a locomotive) being hauled as part of a train's consist while not providing any motive power.


cross-tie

The track consists of relatively light running rails spiked and bolted to cross-ties, with a central steel rack securely bolted to the ties by steel angles.

1954 November, Robert F. Legget, “The Mount Washington Cog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 790:

(rail transport) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.


Castle

en-proper noun

Castle (countable and uncountable, plural Castles)

en:Castle (disambiguation)
en:Castle (surname)

(UK, rail transport) Castle class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR


train operating company

en-noun

train operating company (plural train operating companies)

The DfT has remained committed to Driver Controlled Operation with the elimination of guards, and expects train operating companies to work in this mode when new vehicles are introduced.

2019 November 6, “Industry Insider: Blame the policymakers”, in Rail, page 76:

(UK, rail transport) A company that operates passenger trains on the mainline railway network in Great Britain under franchise or license from the Government.


freight operating company

freight operating company (plural freight operating companies)

(UK, rail transport) A company that runs freight trains on the national railway network in Great Britain under license from the government.


Abt system

(rail transport) A rail system used in mountainous terrain with multiple cograils.


tankie

From tank + -ie.
Senses 1 and 2 were named for the tanks used by the Soviet Union against uprisings in Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

Central Intelligence Agency
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia

The "tankies", as they were known, shunted empty carriages from Copley Hill sidings onto the buffers at Leeds […]

1987, The Railway Magazine, volume 133, London: IPC Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 382:


boat train

In 1906 the cross-channel service was inaugurated between Fishguard and Rosslare Harbour. For this the Great Southern & Western Railway built two boat trains of corridor stock, with a restaurant car (57½ ft. in length), to run between Rosslare and Cork.

1943 July and August, “Restaurant-Car Services in Ireland”, in Railway Magazine, page 210:

With extra traffic, numerous boat trains to and from Southampton Docks, and working of empty stock, his job, like that of most signalmen, is no sinecure.

1954 September, 'South Western', “Shawford Junction Signalbox”, in Railway Magazine, page 604:

In January BR were attacked by three of the country's major shipping companies for the poor standards of boat train services run from Tilbury and Southampton Docks.

1964 March, “News and Comment: Stormy passage for BR boat trains”, in Modern Railways, page 153:

(UK, Ireland, travel, rail transport) A travel service with a train timed to arrive at a ferry port in time for the onward travel by ferry (or vice versa). Alternatively, a service scheduled to connect with the arrival or departure of an ocean liner.


Kesselwagen

de-noun

Kesselwagen m (strong, genitive Kesselwagens, plural Kesselwagen or Kesselwägen)

Kesselwagens (genitive)
Kesselwagen (plural)
Kesselwägen (plural)


ashpit

(rail transport) a pit between the rails where a steam locomotive can drop its fire at the end of a day's work, before going "on shed".


pantograf

Internationalism, borrowed from French pantographe, from panto- (from Ancient Greek παντός (pantós), genitive singular of πᾶν (pân, “all”)), and -graphe (from γράφειν (gráphein, “to write”)).

(rail transport) a similarly-formed conductive device, now usually Z-shaped, that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams


pantograf

head

pantograf (definite accusative pantografı, plural pantograflar)

pantografı (accusative definite)
pantograflar (plural)
pantograf (nominative singular)
pantograflar (nominative plural)
pantografı (accusative definite singular)
pantografları (accusative definite plural)
pantografa (dative singular)
pantograflara (dative plural)
pantografta (locative singular)
pantograflarda (locative plural)
pantograftan (ablative singular)
pantograflardan (ablative plural)
pantografın (genitive singular)
pantografların (genitive plural)

(rail transport) pantograph (conductive device that collects electric current from overhead lines for trains and trams)


common crossing

en-noun

common crossing (plural common crossings)

The frogs are made of steel rails; for all common crossings a check rail is placed on each side, at least 12 feet in length, and much longer in special cases. The narrowest part of the throat of the frog is 1¾ inches wide.

1888, American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, volume 18, page 239:

From Fig. 22 it will be seen that a common crossing consists of four rails, i.e. one point rail, one splice rail, and two wing rails.

1943, Permanent Way Institution, British Railway Track: Design, Construction and Maintenance, page 52:

During the study, various railways will be investigating different types of common crossing, such as Vario, manganese steel, glued or bloomed common crossings and common crossings with glued or welded fishplates.

1991, International Railway Congress Association, Rail International, volume 22, page 40:

The drawback of these common crossings lies in the difficulty of welding them to the adjacent rails.

1966, International Railway Congress Association, Monthly Bulletin (English edition), volume 43, page 397:

(rail transport) The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running-rails cross; a frog.


red ball

* ("high-profile high-priority" sense) From a routing system on the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1900s. Fast freight trains which were to receive priority routing were marked with placards depicting a red disc, and were called "red ball" trains.

Perishable freight, carloads of package freight or merchandise, oils, etc., are designated as Red Ball freight.

1905 August 18, “The Frisco System of Handling Time Freight”, in The Railroad Gazette, volume 39, number 7, page 158:

A special red ball card, which is a familiar sight to every employe—the large red ball on the white card—is attached to every car of red ball freight, one on each side, by the agent at the red ball billing station. A special red ball envelope accompanies each car to its destination.

1910 August, Chalmers L. Pancoast, “Red Ball System of Handling Freight”, in Santa Fe Employes' Magazine, volume 4, number 9, page 28:

The crack passenger trains average fifty-four miles an hour over that stretch, the "red ball" freights average twenty-seven, and the way freights eighteen miles an hour.

1939 November, “Keeping the Iron Horse on Time”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 72, number 5, →ISSN, page 157A:

(rail transport) Of or related to priority freight or the trains that carry it.


餐車

/t͡sʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰaːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

/t͡sʰan⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰia⁴⁴/

(rail transport) dining car; diner; restaurant car


shoebeam

shoebeams (plural)
shoe beam (alternative)

/ˈʃuː.ɡɪə(ɹ)/

(rail transport) A beam of non-conductive material (usually fibreglass or wood), attached to a train bogey that supports the pickup shoe.


ECML

East Coast Main Line
w:East Coast Main Line

(UK, rail transport) Initialism of East Coast Main Line.


WCML

West Coast Main Line
w:West Coast Main Line

(UK, rail transport) Initialism of West Coast Main Line.


GWR

Great Western Railway
w:Great Western Railway

(UK, rail transport, historical) Initialism of Great Western Railway.

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
w:Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

(UK, rail transport) Initialism of Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.


SHS

(rail transport) The station code of Sheung Shui in Hong Kong.


puntstuk

nl-noun

puntstuk n (plural puntstukken, diminutive puntstukje n)

puntstukken (plural)
puntstukje (diminutive neuter)


Challenger

American Locomotive Company, which introduced the 4-6-6-4 (on Union Pacific) in 1936, constructed more Challengers than any other builder and, in Northern Pacific's Z-8 class, built the heaviest. NP owned 48 4-6-6-4's in three classes.

1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 102:

(rail transport) a steam locomotive of the 4-6-6-4 wheel arrangement.


top and tail

en-verb

top and tail (third-person singular simple present tops and tails or top and tails, present participle topping and tailing or top and tailing, simple past and past participle topped and tailed or top and tailed)

tops and tails (present singular third-person)
top and tails (present singular third-person)
topping and tailing (participle present)
top and tailing (participle present)
topped and tailed (participle past)
topped and tailed (past)
top and tailed (participle past)
top and tailed (past)

All services to Rhymney were top and tailed by locos that had been associated with the line over the years; namely, Classes 33, 37, 47 and 50.

2018, Nicholas Wilcock, Arriva Trains Wales:

Railway Support Services repaired the damaged drawgear to enable the unit to be top-and-tailed to Peel Ports' Alexandra Dock (Liverpool) by Rail Operations Group 57310 and 57312, [...].

2021 October 6, “News in pictures: Final journey for damaged Class 507”, in RAIL, number 941, page 30, photo caption:

(transitive, rail transport, UK) To provide (a train) with a locomotive at each end, for ease of reversal.


top and tail

The Class 50s headed the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cornwall and back to Bristol, running top and tail on the Cornish branches.

2022 May 5, Peter Green, English Electric Class 50 Diesels: From the Western Region to Preservation, Pen and Sword Transport, →ISBN, page 129:

(rail transport, UK) With a locomotive at each end.


sleeperette

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sleeperette.wav

There is nothing on British Railways quite like the sleeperette accommodation. The bed itself pulls from the wall, and when this is not in use, the reverse side forms the back of a comfortable seat.

1952 April, H. W. Winham, “By "California Zephyr"”, in Railway Magazine, page 269:

(rail transport) A seat in a train compartment that converts into a simple bed.


OTTW

(Canada, rail transport) Abbreviation of Ottawa.


TRTO

(Canada, rail transport) Abbreviation of Toronto.


atteleur

fr-noun

atteleur m (plural atteleurs, feminine atteleuse)

(rail transport) the person who couples carriages together


dresina

Named after Baron Karl Drais (1785–1851).

named-after

La dresina va avançar mig metre més pels rails inclinats i després va tornar a caure cap enrere lentament.

2024, Adam O., chapter 10, in Gro, →ISBN:

The draisine moved forward another half meter along the inclined rails and then slowly fell back again.

(rail transport) draisine (light self-propelled vehicle for transporting personnel in charge of track maintenance)


συρμός

syrmós (romanization)
συρμοί (plural)
συρμός (nominative singular)
συρμοί (nominative plural)
συρμού (genitive singular)
συρμών (genitive plural)
συρμό (accusative singular)
συρμούς (accusative plural)
συρμέ (singular vocative)
συρμοί (plural vocative)

(rail transport) train (engine and carriages as a whole)


petticoat pipe

The ordinary blast-nozzle and petticoat pipe properly proportioned for any British locomotive can make it produce 30 d.b.h.p./sq ft of grate continuously with a blast-pipe pressure 4 lb/sq in. above atmospheric pressure.

1962 February, “Letters to the Editor: The Giesel oblong ejector”, in Modern Railways, page 143, letter from W. A. Tuplin:

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


platform ticket

en-noun

platform ticket (plural platform tickets)

I gave them money for platform tickets and had them take my baggage.

1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 143:

Just 30 years ago the introduction of platform tickets was the subject of lively controversy in Great Britain. They had been used for many years in Continental Europe.

1943 November and December, “Introduction of Platform Tickets”, in Railway Magazine, page 324:

Too many things were said at once, questions about bags and journeys, platform tickets (Wysbraum had lost them), concern for Izzie, all orchestrated with a triumphal note regarding the parcel and the dress.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, pages 329–30:

(rail transport, historical) A ticket giving a non-traveller access to a railway station platform.


apeadeiro

(rail transport) halt (minor railway station)


枕木

[ma̠kɯ̟ɾa̠ɡʲi]

枕 (makura, “pillow”) + 木 (ki, “lumber piece”)

com

(rail transport) railway sleeper; railroad tie


Burlington

-ɜː(ɹ)lɪŋtən

From Burling + -ton.
The town in Newfoundland derives from a variant of the name Bridlington in Yorkshire and may have been informed by the name of Burlington, Ontario.

One night, October 17, 1944, Burlington coupled 82 cars of Christmas mail for servicemen behind an O5A!

1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 40:

w:Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad

(rail transport) Ellipsis of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.


晚點

/wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiam⁵⁵⁴/

/wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ti̯ɑɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tiam⁵⁵⁴/

(mainly rail transport) to be behind schedule; to be late; to delay


saddletank

saddletanks (plural)
saddle tank (alternative)

The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance.

1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488:

(rail transport) A style of tank locomotive in which the water tank sits on top of the boiler like a saddle.


footplateman

The circular attacks the policy of ASLEF, the principal footplatemen's union, for its opposition to pay differentials between main-line drivers and other footplate men, claiming that it destroys ambition and enterprise.

1964 May, “News and Comment: Breakaway footplate union”, in Modern Railways, page 293:

Footplatemen, organised not by the NUR but by ASLEF, had threatened to strike in August 1917 in demand of an eight-hour day.

2020 January 2, Conrad Landin, “Strife and strikes in post-war Britain”, in Rail, page 51:

(UK, rail transport) A railway worker who is either a locomotive engineer or a fireman.


stationmistress

At Corris the present G.W.R. operations are in charge of a stationmistress, recalling earlier days at Tan-y-Bwlch on the Festiniog line.

1943 March and April, “Notes and News: On the Corris and Festiniog Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 114:

(rail transport) The woman in charge of a railway station; a female stationmaster.


aparelho de mudança de via

pt-noun

aparelho de mudança de via m (plural aparelhos de mudança de via)

(rail transport) switch (movable section of railroad track)


Midland

From Middle English mydlonde, equivalent to mid- + land.

"... the case of the Midland and the case of the Great Eastern" (his Lordship had been referring to the reasons for special scales). "The case of the Midland we found to be very peculiar, because, unlike most of the other railway companies,..."

1891, Report ... Together with the Proceedings of the [Great British Parliament's Joint Select] Committee [on Railway Rates and Charges], Minutes, Mr. Bidder, in Mr. George Henry Turner is re-called, line 1643, line 15551

(rail transport, historical) A former railway company in England, the Midland Railway.


Mikado

From Mombasa the train is worked by a Mikado, built in 1927 by Robert Stephenson, Darlington, originally intended for shunting, but now used on most passenger trains between Mombasa and Nairobi, where the rails are 80 lb. to the yard, laid in 40 ft. lengths.

1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:

(rail transport) The steam locomotive 2-8-2 wheel arrangement.


estação de trem

estação de trem f (plural estações de trem)

[is.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[es.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[is.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[es.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[iʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[eʃ.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ d͡ʒi ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

[es.taˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃ de ˈtɾẽɪ̯̃]

/(i)ʃ.tɐˈsɐ̃w̃ dɨ ˈtɾɐ̃j̃/

(rail transport, Brazil) railway station (place where trains stop)


water crane

Locomotive water cranes are provided, and a water softening plant has been installed.

1946 May and June, G. A. Sekon, “L.B.S.C.R. West Coast Section—3”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:

The rear portion of the tender top is flat and open so as to facilitate the manipulation of the water crane.

1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 212:

(rail transport) A kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.


combination car

en-noun

combination car (plural combination cars)

w:Webster's Dictionary#Webster's New International Dictionary 1909

(US, rail transport) A railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes, transporting passengers and freight.


vestibule train

vestibule train (plural vestibule trains)

(historical, rail transport) A train of passenger cars having space between the end doors of adjacent cars enclosed, so as to allow the doors to be left open for access between adjacent cars.


train mile

(dated, rail transport) A unit used in estimating railway running expenses, etc.: the total number of miles run by all the trains of a railroad, or system of railroads, as within a given time, or for a given expenditure.


block system

Signalling was by the standard 'block' system of the time, which prevents any two trains being on the same track section at once, but this was operated with boldness, with margins shaved. The Metropolitan would prove to have an excellent safety record nonetheless.

2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 41:

(rail transport) 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.


รถไฟ

→ Southern Thai: หรดไฟ

→ Lao: ລົດໄຟ (lot fai)

→ Lü: ᦟᦷᧆᦝᦺ (lodfay)

desc

→ Khmer: រថភ្លើង (rŭətphləəng), រទេះភ្លើង (rɔɔrɔteh phləəng) (calque) (calque)

From รถ (rót, “wheeled vehicle”) + ไฟ (fai, “fire”). Compare Chinese 火車／火车 (huǒchē).

zh-l

火車／火车 (huǒchē)

คัน คัน#Thai

ตู้ ตู้#Thai

ขบวน ขบวน#Thai

(rail transport) (classifier: คัน or ตู้ for separate sections, as cars, carriages, coaches, etc; ขบวน for lines or processions) train: connected group of rolling stock.


shortline

shortlines (plural)
short line (alternative)

(rail transport, US) An independent railroad company that operates over a relatively short distance.


dieseljuna

dieseljuna (nominative singular)
dieseljunat (nominative plural)
dieseljuna (accusative nominative singular)
dieseljunat (accusative nominative plural)
dieseljunan (accusative genitive singular)
dieseljunat (accusative genitive plural)
dieseljunan (genitive singular)
dieseljunien (genitive plural)
dieseljunain (genitive plural rare)
dieseljunaa (partitive singular)
dieseljunia (partitive plural)
dieseljunassa (inessive singular)
dieseljunissa (inessive plural)
dieseljunasta (elative singular)
dieseljunista (elative plural)
dieseljunaan (illative singular)
dieseljuniin (illative plural)
dieseljunalla (adessive singular)
dieseljunilla (adessive plural)
dieseljunalta (ablative singular)
dieseljunilta (ablative plural)
dieseljunalle (allative singular)
dieseljunille (allative plural)
dieseljunana (essive singular)
dieseljunina (essive plural)
dieseljunaksi (singular translative)
dieseljuniksi (plural translative)
dieseljunatta (abessive singular)
dieseljunitta (abessive plural)
dieseljunin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
dieseljunani (nominative singular)
dieseljunani (nominative plural)
dieseljunani (accusative nominative singular)
dieseljunani (accusative nominative plural)
dieseljunani (accusative genitive singular)
dieseljunani (accusative genitive plural)
dieseljunani (genitive singular)
dieseljunieni (genitive plural)
dieseljunaini (genitive plural rare)
dieseljunaani (partitive singular)
dieseljuniani (partitive plural)
dieseljunassani (inessive singular)
dieseljunissani (inessive plural)
dieseljunastani (elative singular)
dieseljunistani (elative plural)
dieseljunaani (illative singular)
dieseljuniini (illative plural)
dieseljunallani (adessive singular)
dieseljunillani (adessive plural)
dieseljunaltani (ablative singular)
dieseljuniltani (ablative plural)
dieseljunalleni (allative singular)
dieseljunilleni (allative plural)
dieseljunanani (essive singular)
dieseljuninani (essive plural)
dieseljunakseni (singular translative)
dieseljunikseni (plural translative)
dieseljunattani (abessive singular)
dieseljunittani (abessive plural)
dieseljunineni (comitative plural)
dieseljunasi (nominative singular)
dieseljunasi (nominative plural)
dieseljunasi (accusative nominative singular)
dieseljunasi (accusative nominative plural)
dieseljunasi (accusative genitive singular)
dieseljunasi (accusative genitive plural)
dieseljunasi (genitive singular)
dieseljuniesi (genitive plural)
dieseljunaisi (genitive plural rare)
dieseljunaasi (partitive singular)
dieseljuniasi (partitive plural)
dieseljunassasi (inessive singular)
dieseljunissasi (inessive plural)
dieseljunastasi (elative singular)
dieseljunistasi (elative plural)
dieseljunaasi (illative singular)
dieseljuniisi (illative plural)
dieseljunallasi (adessive singular)
dieseljunillasi (adessive plural)
dieseljunaltasi (ablative singular)
dieseljuniltasi (ablative plural)
dieseljunallesi (allative singular)
dieseljunillesi (allative plural)
dieseljunanasi (essive singular)
dieseljuninasi (essive plural)
dieseljunaksesi (singular translative)
dieseljuniksesi (plural translative)
dieseljunattasi (abessive singular)
dieseljunittasi (abessive plural)
dieseljuninesi (comitative plural)
dieseljunamme (nominative singular)
dieseljunamme (nominative plural)
dieseljunamme (accusative nominative singular)
dieseljunamme (accusative nominative plural)
dieseljunamme (accusative genitive singular)
dieseljunamme (accusative genitive plural)
dieseljunamme (genitive singular)
dieseljuniemme (genitive plural)
dieseljunaimme (genitive plural rare)
dieseljunaamme (partitive singular)
dieseljuniamme (partitive plural)
dieseljunassamme (inessive singular)
dieseljunissamme (inessive plural)
dieseljunastamme (elative singular)
dieseljunistamme (elative plural)
dieseljunaamme (illative singular)
dieseljuniimme (illative plural)
dieseljunallamme (adessive singular)
dieseljunillamme (adessive plural)
dieseljunaltamme (ablative singular)
dieseljuniltamme (ablative plural)
dieseljunallemme (allative singular)
dieseljunillemme (allative plural)
dieseljunanamme (essive singular)
dieseljuninamme (essive plural)
dieseljunaksemme (singular translative)
dieseljuniksemme (plural translative)
dieseljunattamme (abessive singular)
dieseljunittamme (abessive plural)
dieseljuninemme (comitative plural)
dieseljunanne (nominative singular)
dieseljunanne (nominative plural)
dieseljunanne (accusative nominative singular)
dieseljunanne (accusative nominative plural)
dieseljunanne (accusative genitive singular)
dieseljunanne (accusative genitive plural)
dieseljunanne (genitive singular)
dieseljunienne (genitive plural)
dieseljunainne (genitive plural rare)
dieseljunaanne (partitive singular)
dieseljunianne (partitive plural)
dieseljunassanne (inessive singular)
dieseljunissanne (inessive plural)
dieseljunastanne (elative singular)
dieseljunistanne (elative plural)
dieseljunaanne (illative singular)
dieseljuniinne (illative plural)
dieseljunallanne (adessive singular)
dieseljunillanne (adessive plural)
dieseljunaltanne (ablative singular)
dieseljuniltanne (ablative plural)
dieseljunallenne (allative singular)
dieseljunillenne (allative plural)
dieseljunananne (essive singular)
dieseljuninanne (essive plural)
dieseljunaksenne (singular translative)
dieseljuniksenne (plural translative)
dieseljunattanne (abessive singular)
dieseljunittanne (abessive plural)
dieseljuninenne (comitative plural)
dieseljunansa (nominative singular)
dieseljunansa (nominative plural)
dieseljunansa (accusative nominative singular)
dieseljunansa (accusative nominative plural)
dieseljunansa (accusative genitive singular)
dieseljunansa (accusative genitive plural)
dieseljunansa (genitive singular)
dieseljuniensa (genitive plural)
dieseljunainsa (genitive plural rare)
dieseljunaansa (partitive singular)
dieseljuniaan (partitive plural)
dieseljuniansa (partitive plural)
dieseljunassaan (inessive singular)
dieseljunassansa (inessive singular)
dieseljunissaan (inessive plural)
dieseljunissansa (inessive plural)
dieseljunastaan (elative singular)
dieseljunastansa (elative singular)
dieseljunistaan (elative plural)
dieseljunistansa (elative plural)
dieseljunaansa (illative singular)
dieseljuniinsa (illative plural)
dieseljunallaan (adessive singular)
dieseljunallansa (adessive singular)
dieseljunillaan (adessive plural)
dieseljunillansa (adessive plural)
dieseljunaltaan (ablative singular)
dieseljunaltansa (ablative singular)
dieseljuniltaan (ablative plural)
dieseljuniltansa (ablative plural)
dieseljunalleen (allative singular)
dieseljunallensa (allative singular)
dieseljunilleen (allative plural)
dieseljunillensa (allative plural)
dieseljunanaan (essive singular)
dieseljunanansa (essive singular)
dieseljuninaan (essive plural)
dieseljuninansa (essive plural)
dieseljunakseen (singular translative)
dieseljunaksensa (singular translative)
dieseljunikseen (plural translative)
dieseljuniksensa (plural translative)
dieseljunattaan (abessive singular)
dieseljunattansa (abessive singular)
dieseljunittaan (abessive plural)
dieseljunittansa (abessive plural)
dieseljunineen (comitative plural)
dieseljuninensa (comitative plural)

(rail transport) diesel train (train with a diesel-driven locomotive)


carloading

From 1940 to 1946, carloadings of grains ranged from about 28 to 35 percent of total shipments of products of agriculture.

1953, United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Production and Marketing Administration, A study of conditions affecting the transportation of grain by railroad:

In 1955, for example, 32 railroads reported 168,150 piggyback carloadings; in 1959 50 roads loaded 415,156 cars; [...]. T.O.F.C. still accounts for little more than 2 per cent of all U.S. carloadings but industry experts expect that percentage to reach between 25 and 50 per cent within the foreseeable future.

1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683:

(rail transport) The loading of a freight car.


tênder

(rail transport) tender (fuel-carrying railroad car)


полустанок

ru-noun+

полуста́нок • (polustánok) m inan (genitive полуста́нка, nominative plural полуста́нки, genitive plural полуста́нков)

полуста́нок (canonical)
polustánok (romanization)
полуста́нка (genitive)
полуста́нки (nominative plural)
полуста́нков (genitive plural)
полуста́нок (nominative singular)
полуста́нки (nominative plural)
полуста́нка (genitive singular)
полуста́нков (genitive plural)
полуста́нку (dative singular)
полуста́нкам (dative plural)
полуста́нок (accusative singular)
полуста́нки (accusative plural)
полуста́нком (instrumental singular)
полуста́нками (instrumental plural)
полуста́нке (prepositional singular)
полуста́нках (plural prepositional)

desc

→ Armenian: կիսակայարան (kisakayaran) (calque)

полу- (polu-) + ста́нция (stáncija) + -ок (-ok)


разъезд

ru-noun+

разъе́зд • (razʺjézd) m inan (genitive разъе́зда, nominative plural разъе́зды, genitive plural разъе́здов)

разъе́зд (canonical)
razʺjézd (romanization)
разъе́зда (genitive)
разъе́зды (nominative plural)
разъе́здов (genitive plural)
разъе́зд (nominative singular)
разъе́зды (nominative plural)
разъе́зда (genitive singular)
разъе́здов (genitive plural)
разъе́зду (dative singular)
разъе́здам (dative plural)
разъе́зд (accusative singular)
разъе́зды (accusative plural)
разъе́здом (instrumental singular)
разъе́здами (instrumental plural)
разъе́зде (prepositional singular)
разъе́здах (plural prepositional)

разъе́ст (razʺjést)

(rail transport) passing track, double track section, halt


тендер

те́ндер//tɛ́ndɛr

те́ндер • (tɛ́ndɛr) m inan (genitive те́ндера, nominative plural те́ндеры or тендера́^*, genitive plural те́ндеров or тендеро́в^*) (* professional)

те́ндер (canonical)
tɛ́ndɛr (romanization)
те́ндера (genitive)
те́ндеры (nominative plural)
тендера́^* (nominative plural)
те́ндеров (genitive plural)
тендеро́в^* (genitive plural)
те́ндер (nominative singular)
те́ндеры (nominative plural)
тендера́ (nominative plural)
tɛ́ndɛry (nominative plural)
tɛndɛrá (nominative plural)
те́ндера (genitive singular)
те́ндеров (genitive plural)
тендеро́в (genitive plural)
те́ндеру (dative singular)
те́ндерам (dative plural)
тендера́м (dative plural)
те́ндер (accusative singular)
те́ндеры (accusative plural)
тендера́ (accusative plural)
tɛ́ndɛry (accusative plural)
tɛndɛrá (accusative plural)
те́ндером (instrumental singular)
те́ндерами (instrumental plural)
тендера́ми (instrumental plural)
те́ндере (prepositional singular)
те́ндерах (plural prepositional)
тендера́х (plural prepositional)

— Ты зна́ешь ине́рция кака́я на укло́нах быва́ет при шести́десяти ося́х в соста́ве? — возмущённый неве́жеством слу́шателей, говори́л машини́ст и упру́го пока́зывал рука́ми мощь ине́рции. — Ого́! Откро́ешь тормозно́й кран — под те́ндером из-под коло́док си́нее пла́мя бьёт, ваго́ны в заты́лок прут, парово́з ду́ет с закры́тым па́ром — одни́м разбе́гом в трубу́ клоко́чет! Ух, едри́т твою́ мать!.. Нале́й! Огурца́ зря не купи́л: колбаса́ желу́док запако́вывает...

1928, Андрей Платонов [Andrei Platonov], Чевенгур; English translation from Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler, transl., Chevengur, New York: New York Review Books, 2023:

“You know what momentum builds up on a downgrade—with a train of sixty axles!” he said, indignant at his listeners’ ignorance and demonstrating the force of momentum with a supple gesture of his hands. “Yes! You turn the brake wheel, a blue flame shoots up from the brake shoes under the tender, you get it in the back of the neck from the trucks, the regulator’s closed but the locomotive hurtles on—with the chimney roaring in protest! Oh to hell with it all! Give me more vodka! You should’ve bought some gherkins too—sausage is dense stuff. It packs your stomach.”

— Ty znáješʹ inércija kakája na uklónax byvájet pri šestídesjati osjáx v sostáve? — vozmuščónnyj nevéžestvom slúšatelej, govoríl mašiníst i uprúgo pokázyval rukámi moščʹ inércii. — Ogó! Otkróješʹ tormoznój kran — pod ténderom iz-pod kolódok síneje plámja bʹjot, vagóny v zatýlok prut, parovóz dújet s zakrýtym párom — odním razbégom v trubú klokóčet! Ux, jedrít tvojú matʹ!.. Naléj! Ogurcá zrja ne kupíl: kolbasá želúdok zapakóvyvajet...

(rail transport) tender (a railroad car hauled by a steam locomotive to carry fuel and water)


car body

This was announced in October when details of a £4 million order for car bodies and bogies to complete the Central and Piccadilly Line's rolling stock renewal programmes with 619 more "1959 Stock" cars were made known.

1960 December, “Talking of Trains: Tube trains from Derby”, in Trains Illustrated, page 706:

(rail transport) The body of a rail vehicle called a car.


ruling gradient

en-noun

ruling gradient (plural ruling gradients)

For the next mile, the line falls, and then rises again, at a gradient of 1 in 50, the ruling gradient of the line.

1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 839:

In the next 65 miles the train climbs 2,470ft to the Arizona Divide on a ruling gradient of 1 in 70 and in steam days a fleet of helper engines was kept busy assisting the heavy trains over this section.

1961 July, J. Geoffrey Todd, “Impressions of railroading in the United States: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 425:

Minor changes to control gear include the provision of automatic wheelslip protection, since these units will be operated on lines with ruling gradients of 1 in 60 or 1 in 80.

1962 December, “The Oxted Line diesel-electric multiple-units”, in Modern Railways, page 385:

(rail transport) The steepest uphill gradient in one direction on a section of railway line, which determines the load that can be pulled by one locomotive over that section, according to the power rating of the locomotive. A typical ruling gradient could be 1:50 (2%). The ruling gradient can differ in the other direction on the same section.


Deltic

Named for the deltic (“Δ-shaped”) arrangement of cylinders in its engines.

(British, rail transport) A British Rail Class 55 locomotive.


How much rail horsepower does a 125 have? Well I don't have the actual TE curve on me here (it's at home) but I can approximate.

1999 June 16, Hoppy, “Re: HST from Paddington”, in uk.railway (Usenet):

Most of the cheap tickets are valid on both 125s and Turbos - indeed some are ONLY available on 125s (eg First Plus London Day Out).

2003 December 1, Sean Marshall, “Re: Voyager/Meridian differences”, in uk.railway (Usenet):

When I was an apprentice many years ago, the 125 used to come through Markinch station in Fife at 1.27pm every weekday.

2010 January 6, McKevvy, “Re: Could you safely lie between the rails of an HSL?”, in uk.railway (Usenet):

(UK, rail transport) A high-speed train (HST) powered by two British Rail Class 43s, one at each end.


autotrain

(rail transport) A type of push-pull train incorporating a tank engine and passenger coaches fitted with a driver's cab.


railmotor

railmotors (plural)
rail-motor (alternative)
rail motor (alternative)

(UK, Australia, rail transport) A lightweight railcar.


electric multiple unit

electric multiple unit (plural electric multiple units)

(rail transport) A multiple unit train powered by electricity, abbreviated EMU.


elektryczny zespół trakcyjny

pl-noun

elektryczny zespół trakcyjny m inan (abbreviation EZT)

EZT (abbreviation)
elektryczny zespół trakcyjny (nominative singular)
elektryczne zespoły trakcyjne (nominative plural)
elektrycznego zespołu trakcyjnego (genitive singular)
elektrycznych zespołów trakcyjnych (genitive plural)
elektrycznemu zespołowi trakcyjnemu (dative singular)
elektrycznym zespołom trakcyjnym (dative plural)
elektryczny zespół trakcyjny (accusative singular)
elektryczne zespoły trakcyjne (accusative plural)
elektrycznym zespołem trakcyjnym (instrumental singular)
elektrycznymi zespołami trakcyjnymi (instrumental plural)
elektrycznym zespole trakcyjnym (locative singular)
elektrycznych zespołach trakcyjnych (locative plural)
elektryczny zespole trakcyjny (singular vocative)
elektryczne zespoły trakcyjne (plural vocative)

electric multiple unit
electric multiple unit


zespół trakcyjny

zespół trakcyjny (nominative singular)
zespoły trakcyjne (nominative plural)
zespołu trakcyjnego (genitive singular)
zespołów trakcyjnych (genitive plural)
zespołowi trakcyjnemu (dative singular)
zespołom trakcyjnym (dative plural)
zespół trakcyjny (accusative singular)
zespoły trakcyjne (accusative plural)
zespołem trakcyjnym (instrumental singular)
zespołami trakcyjnymi (instrumental plural)
zespole trakcyjnym (locative singular)
zespołach trakcyjnych (locative plural)
zespole trakcyjny (singular vocative)
zespoły trakcyjne (plural vocative)

(idiomatic, rail transport) multiple unit


avsporing

nb-noun-c

avsporing f or m (definite singular avsporinga or avsporingen, indefinite plural avsporinger, definite plural avsporingene)

avsporinga (definite singular)
avsporingen (definite singular)
avsporinger (indefinite plural)
avsporingene (definite plural)

(rail transport) a derailment (also used figuratively)


avsporing

avsporing f (definite singular avsporinga, indefinite plural avsporingar, definite plural avsporingane)

avsporinga (definite singular)
avsporingar (indefinite plural)
avsporingane (definite plural)


ایستگاه قطار

fa-noun

ایسْتْگاهِ قَطار

ایسْتْگاهِ قَطار • (istgâh-e qatâr)

ایسْتْگاهِ قَطار (canonical)
istgâh-e qatâr (romanization)

[ʔiːst̪.ɡɑ́ː.ɦɪ qä.t̪ʰǽɾ]

[ʔiːst̪.ɡɑ́ː.ɦɪ qä.t̪ʰǽɾ]

[ʔiːst̪.ɡɑː.́ɪ qä.t̪ʰǽɾ]

[ʔist̪.ɡɔː.́i qä.t̪ʰǽɾ]

[ʔiːst̪.ɡɒ́ː.he qæ.t̪ʰǽɹ]

[ʔist̪.ɡɔ́.ɦi qä.t̪ʰǽɾ]


resignalling

All layout remodelling and resignalling at Stafford has already been finished; the colour-light signals, with their route-indicators, and the power-operated points are operated from the lever frames of existing signalboxes.

1962 October, “Talking of Trains: The L.M.R. electrification”, in Modern Railways, page 220:

"The cost of resignalling is astronomical, and you'd be talking about hundreds of millions of pounds and a pretty lengthy blockade to rip all this stuff up and remodel the tracks."

2018, Rail, issue 857, July 18-July 31, article on Severn Bridge Junction signal box at Shrewsbury

It is hoped that this will be increased to 18tph [trains per hour], but this is dependent on resignalling.

2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 72:

(British spelling, rail transport) The act of renewing signalling equipment.


FGC

w:ca:Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya

(rail transport) initialism of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya


signal aspect

(rail transport) The visual appearance of a railway signal


узкоколейный

ru-adj

узкоколе́йный

узкоколе́йный • (uzkokoléjnyj) (no comparative)

узкоколе́йный (canonical)
uzkokoléjnyj (romanization)
узкоколе́йный (masculine nominative)
узкоколе́йное (neuter nominative)
узкоколе́йная (feminine nominative)
узкоколе́йные (nominative plural)
узкоколе́йного (genitive masculine neuter)
узкоколе́йной (feminine genitive)
узкоколе́йных (genitive plural)
узкоколе́йному (dative masculine neuter)
узкоколе́йной (dative feminine)
узкоколе́йным (dative plural)
узкоколе́йного (accusative animate masculine)
узкоколе́йное (accusative neuter)
узкоколе́йную (accusative feminine)
узкоколе́йных (accusative animate plural)
узкоколе́йный (accusative inanimate masculine)
узкоколе́йные (accusative inanimate plural)
узкоколе́йным (instrumental masculine neuter)
узкоколе́йной (feminine instrumental)
узкоколе́йною (feminine instrumental)
узкоколе́йными (instrumental plural)
узкоколе́йном (masculine neuter prepositional)
узкоколе́йной (feminine prepositional)
узкоколе́йных (plural prepositional)
узкоколе́ен (masculine short-form)
узкоколе́йно (neuter short-form)
узкоколе́йна (feminine short-form)
узкоколе́йны (plural short-form)

ru-decl-adj

узкоколе́йный

у́зкий (úzkij) + -о- (-o-) + колея́ (kolejá) + -ный (-nyj)

af

узкоколе́йная желе́зная доро́га

(relational, rail transport) narrow gauge


ширококолейный

ru-adj

ширококоле́йный

ширококоле́йный • (širokokoléjnyj)

ширококоле́йный (canonical)
širokokoléjnyj (romanization)
ширококоле́йный (masculine nominative)
ширококоле́йное (neuter nominative)
ширококоле́йная (feminine nominative)
ширококоле́йные (nominative plural)
ширококоле́йного (genitive masculine neuter)
ширококоле́йной (feminine genitive)
ширококоле́йных (genitive plural)
ширококоле́йному (dative masculine neuter)
ширококоле́йной (dative feminine)
ширококоле́йным (dative plural)
ширококоле́йного (accusative animate masculine)
ширококоле́йное (accusative neuter)
ширококоле́йную (accusative feminine)
ширококоле́йных (accusative animate plural)
ширококоле́йный (accusative inanimate masculine)
ширококоле́йные (accusative inanimate plural)
ширококоле́йным (instrumental masculine neuter)
ширококоле́йной (feminine instrumental)
ширококоле́йною (feminine instrumental)
ширококоле́йными (instrumental plural)
ширококоле́йном (masculine neuter prepositional)
ширококоле́йной (feminine prepositional)
ширококоле́йных (plural prepositional)
ширококоле́ен (masculine short-form)
ширококоле́йно (neuter short-form)
ширококоле́йна (feminine short-form)
ширококоле́йны (plural short-form)

ru-decl-adj

ширококоле́йный


dark territory

en-noun

dark territory (countable and uncountable, plural dark territories)

(US, rail transport) A section of railroad track not controlled by signals.


поездной

ru-adj

поездно́й • (pojezdnój)

поездно́й (canonical)
pojezdnój (romanization)
поездно́й (masculine nominative)
поездно́е (neuter nominative)
поездна́я (feminine nominative)
поездны́е (nominative plural)
поездно́го (genitive masculine neuter)
поездно́й (feminine genitive)
поездны́х (genitive plural)
поездно́му (dative masculine neuter)
поездно́й (dative feminine)
поездны́м (dative plural)
поездно́го (accusative animate masculine)
поездно́е (accusative neuter)
поездну́ю (accusative feminine)
поездны́х (accusative animate plural)
поездно́й (accusative inanimate masculine)
поездны́е (accusative inanimate plural)
поездны́м (instrumental masculine neuter)
поездно́й (feminine instrumental)
поездно́ю (feminine instrumental)
поездны́ми (instrumental plural)
поездно́м (masculine neuter prepositional)
поездно́й (feminine prepositional)
поездны́х (plural prepositional)

поездно́й биле́т

Мину́ту спустя́ он спроси́л, дава́лись ли предупрежде́ния поездны́м брига́дам.

1935, Леонид Леонов [Leonid Leonov], “Крушение”, in Дорога на Океан; English translation from Road to the Ocean, (Please provide a date or year):

Minútu spustjá on sprosíl, daválisʹ li predupreždénija pojezdným brigádam.

(relational, rail transport) train, trolley, rail transport


planovergang

planovergang m (definite singular planovergangen, indefinite plural planoverganger, definite plural planovergangene)

planovergangen (definite singular)
planoverganger (indefinite plural)
planovergangene (definite plural)

(rail transport) a level crossing (UK), or grade crossing (US)


planovergang

planovergang m (definite singular planovergangen, indefinite plural planovergangar, definite plural planovergangane)

planovergangen (definite singular)
planovergangar (indefinite plural)
planovergangane (definite plural)


NAC

(rail transport) The station code of Nam Cheong in Hong Kong.


observation car

en-noun

observation car (plural observation cars)

(rail transport) A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route, sometimes with glass sides or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.


corridor train

(rail transport) A train whose coaches are connected so as to form a continuous corridor, into which the compartments open.


지옥철

[t͡ɕio̞k̚t͡ɕʰʌ̹ɭ]

Sino-Korean word from 地獄鐵. Blend of 지옥(地獄) (jiok, “hell”) + 지하철(地下鐵) (jihacheol, “subway”).

blend

(slang, rail transport) a very crowded subway line or rolling stock


car mile

(rail transport) A mile travelled by a single railway car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.


car mileage

en-noun

car mileage (countable and uncountable, plural car mileages)

That the passenger car mileage for the entire system for the year ending June 30th, 1906, was 44,779,961 miles, of which 6,812593 miles or 15.214 per cent., was in the state of Washington.

1908, Second and Third Annual Reports of the Railroad Commission of Washington to the Governor, page 282:

The total revenue car mileage in bituminous coal service for the period was ascertained for each division in a similar manner, and that in coke service also, except that the empty car mileage in this service was taken as equal to the loaded car mileage as already indicated.

1914 January 31, The Public Service Commission of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Report of Price, Waterhouse & Company upon the cost to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Philadephia & Reading Railway Company of transporting antracite coal from the respective mining sections in the eastern part of Pennsylvanial to Philadelphia, page 13:

It will be immediately apparent from this table that the extent to which the average weights of coaches and Pullman cars on each road is considered in the total, without, for the moment, questioning the accuracy of such weight for the various individual roads, bears no relation whatever either to the ratio which the car mileage of each particular road bears to the whole of the 19 roads, or even to the ratio which the car mileage tested on each particular road bears to the total mileage tested on the 19 roads.

(rail transport) Car miles collectively.

(rail transport) The amount paid by one railroad for the use of cars of another railroad.


trem-bala

[ˌtɾẽɪ̯̃ˈba.lɐ]

[ˌtɾẽɪ̯̃ˈba.lɐ]

(Brazil, rail transport) bullet train (high-speed train, especially the type used in Japan)


насыпь

ru-noun+

на́сыпь • (násypʹ) f inan (genitive на́сыпи, nominative plural на́сыпи, genitive plural на́сыпей)

на́сыпь (canonical)
násypʹ (romanization)
на́сыпи (genitive)
на́сыпи (nominative plural)
на́сыпей (genitive plural)
на́сыпь (nominative singular)
на́сыпи (nominative plural)
на́сыпи (genitive singular)
на́сыпей (genitive plural)
на́сыпи (dative singular)
на́сыпям (dative plural)
на́сыпь (accusative singular)
на́сыпи (accusative plural)
на́сыпью (instrumental singular)
на́сыпями (instrumental plural)
на́сыпи (prepositional singular)
на́сыпях (plural prepositional)

железнодоро́жная на́сыпь


granger railroad

en-noun

granger railroad (plural granger railroads)

For many granger railroads there was but one choice among the many wheel arrangements available for modern steam power. ….. So in steam what else but the 4-8-4?

1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 40:

(rail transport) Synonym of granger road.


granger road

The largest single class of 4-8-4's - Rock Island's 65 5000's - was ordered by a granger road as early as 1929.

1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co, page 40:

(US, rail transport, historical) A railroad used mainly for transporting the produce of farmers or grangers.


pony truck

A bogie has been provided at the front end of the engines in place of the original pony truck; it is identical with that fitted to the class "B1" 4-6-0 locomotives.

1944 September and October, “New Pacific Locomotives for the L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 286:

The outermost non-driven axle forms a pony truck within the bogie frame, with its bearings in a cannon box.

1959 June, “The first "Peak" class 2,300 h.p. diesel-electric locomotive for B.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 296:

(rail transport) Synonym of Bissell truck.


tracklaying

The renewal of track by cranes and special tracklaying machines which lift out entire 60 ft. lengths of old track and lay in pre-assembled 60 ft. lengths of new, allows the process of renewal to proceed at a considerably faster rate than possible by older methods.

1953 September, “Restoring British Permanent Way to Prewar Standards”, in Railway Magazine, page 587:

Bottom ballasting paved the way for the start of tracklaying in March and this £250,000 contract was scheduled for completion in 48 weeks.

1961 July, K. D. Peel, “Carlisle-Border Freight Centre: 2.- The new automated yard”, in Trains Illustrated, page 400:

(rail transport) The work that involves putting the track in place.


narrow-gauge

On once more we swung, bumping uneasily along in the antique narrow-gauge coach, with gloomy woods and gathering night outside, shouts and songs (and quacks) inside—this was not at all the sort of train ordained by the logical strategists in Paris—then grinding to a stop at a mysterious halt which was no more than a nameboard in the pinewoods, without even a footpath leading to it, but nevertheless with a solitary passenger stolidly waiting.

1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:

(rail transport) Relating to narrow gauge or having a narrow gauge.

вузкакале́йны

(rail transport) relating to narrow gauge or having a narrow gauge


lokomotif

lokomotif-lokomotif (plural)
lok (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch locomotief, from English locomotive.

(rail transport) locomotive: the power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons


jernbanespor

jernbanespor n (definite singular jernbanesporet, indefinite plural jernbanespor, definite plural jernbanespora or jernbanesporene)

jernbanesporet (definite singular)
jernbanespor (indefinite plural)
jernbanespora (definite plural)
jernbanesporene (definite plural)


jernbanespor

jernbanespor n (definite singular jernbanesporet, indefinite plural jernbanespor, definite plural jernbanespora)

jernbanesporet (definite singular)
jernbanespor (indefinite plural)
jernbanespora (definite plural)
jarnbanespor (alternative)


motorail

(rail transport) A train allowing passengers to take their automobile along with them on their journey.


Hikari

(rail transport) A type of Japanese high-speed passenger train; bullet train.


guard's van

(UK, Ireland, rail transport, historical) The last carriage on a passenger train which was occupied by the guard, consisted of storage space for parcels, bicycles, etc, and sometimes had an emergency brake.


ashpan

They have been fitted with a complete rocking grate and a hopper ashpan so that the ashes can be released without the necessity for a man to go underneath the engine.

1944 September and October, “New Pacific Locomotives for the L.N.E.R.”, in -Railway Magazine, page 286:

A new ashpan has been fitted, however, with four bottom doors for self-emptying, and a rocking grate with twelve rocking sections.

1960 March, “Testing a rebuilt "Merchant Navy" Pacific of the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 167:

During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.

1961 January, “Talking of Trains: Flooding at Lewes”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:

(rail transport) A large pan below the grate and firebox of a steam locomotive.


blastpipe

blastpipes (plural)
blast-pipe (alternative)
blast pipe (alternative)

From blast (“forcible stream of gas, etc., from an orifice; exhaust steam from an engine”) + pipe.

compound

[W]ith this arrangement the cylinders are cast separately from the saddle, and bolted to the frames on each side with a fabricated stiffener between the frames. This stiffener is carried up to form the saddle for the smokebox, and within it is fitted the exhaust pipes from the cylinders to the blast pipe.

1944 November–December, “Modified G.W.R. ‘Hall’ Class Locomotives”, in The Railway Magazine, London: Tothill Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 350:

By this time the "King" had been fitted with four-row superheater, double blastpipe and chimney, and all the later modifications effected by Swindon in these engines, to which they responded so well with the poorer quality of fuel of their last years.

1963 September, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 186:

mechanical engineering
mechanical engineering

(mechanical engineering, rail transport) A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.


Mountain

Western Pacific wisely devoted its design energies to the articulateds which produced most of its gross, left the 4-6-0's that came with the road plus a few secondhand Florida East Coast Mountains for its sparse passenger service.

1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 106:

(rail transport) a steam locomotive of the 4-8-2 wheel arrangement.


brake van

brake vans (plural)
brakevan (alternative)

The provision of sanding-gear on brake vans operating over such lines should be compulsory (this old Highland brake was not so fitted); [...].

1940 November, “Notes and News: A Highland Collision”, in Railway Magazine, page 612:

(British, rail transport, dated) 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.


private car

In the days before televised press conferences, or debates between Presidential contenders, the railroads carried the politicians to the people. Here, President Truman addresses a crowd from the verandah of his private car, at Sacramento during the 1952 campaign.

1985, Rodger Bradley, Amtrak: The US National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Blandford Press, →ISBN, page 11, photo caption:

(rail transport, US) A railroad passenger car that is either privately owned or used privately, or both.


litorina

(Brazil, rail transport) railcar (self-propelled railroad wagon)


topera

Un total de 27 personas han resultado heridas este lunes en Bilbao cuando un tren de cercanías de Renfe, que llegaba a su destino, no ha frenado lo suficiente y ha colisionado con la topera hidráulica de la vía, ha informado a Europa Press el Departamento de Seguridad.

2015 September 14, “27 heridos leves al chocar un tren de cercanías con la topera en Bilbao”, in El País:


normalspor

head

normalspor n (definite singular normalsporet)


normalsporet

normalsporet (indefinite singular normalsporet, definite singular and plural normalsporete or normalsporede)

normalsporet (indefinite singular)
normalsporete (definite plural singular)
normalsporede (definite plural singular)

standard gauge
standard gauge#Norwegian_Bokmål

(rail transport, attributive) standard gauge


sidebane

sidebane m (definite singular sidebanen, indefinite plural sidebaner, definite plural sidebanene)

sidebanen (definite singular)
sidebaner (indefinite plural)
sidebanene (definite plural)


sidebane

sidebane m (definite singular sidebanen, indefinite plural sidebanar, definite plural sidebanane)

sidebane f (definite singular sidebana, indefinite plural sidebaner, definite plural sidebanene)

sidebane m sidebane (canonical feminine)
sidebanen (definite singular)
sidebanar (indefinite plural)
sidebanane (definite plural)
sidebana (definite singular)
sidebaner (indefinite plural)
sidebanene (definite plural)


sidelinje

sidelinje c (singular definite sidelinjen, plural indefinite sidelinjer)

sidelinjen (definite singular)
sidelinjer (indefinite plural)
sidelinje (indefinite nominative singular)
sidelinjen (definite nominative singular)
sidelinjer (indefinite nominative plural)
sidelinjerne (definite nominative plural)
sidelinjes (genitive indefinite singular)
sidelinjens (definite genitive singular)
sidelinjers (genitive indefinite plural)
sidelinjernes (definite genitive plural)


sidelinje

nb-noun-c

sidelinje f or m (definite singular sidelinja or sidelinjen, indefinite plural sidelinjer, definite plural sidelinjene)

sidelinja (definite singular)
sidelinjen (definite singular)
sidelinjer (indefinite plural)
sidelinjene (definite plural)


sidelinje

sidelinje f (definite singular sidelinja, indefinite plural sidelinjer, definite plural sidelinjene)

sidelinja (definite singular)
sidelinjer (indefinite plural)
sidelinjene (definite plural)


бугель

ru-noun+

бу́гель • (búgelʹ) m inan (genitive бу́геля, nominative plural бу́гели, genitive plural бу́гелей)

бу́гель • (búgelʹ) m inan (genitive бу́геля, nominative plural бугеля́, genitive plural бугеле́й)

бу́гель (canonical)
búgelʹ (romanization)
бу́геля (genitive)
бу́гели (nominative plural)
бу́гелей (genitive plural)
бу́гель (canonical)
búgelʹ (romanization)
бу́геля (genitive)
бугеля́ (nominative plural)
бугеле́й (genitive plural)
бу́гель (nominative singular)
бу́гели (nominative plural)
бугеля́ (nominative plural)
búgeli (nominative plural)
bugeljá (nominative plural)
бу́геля (genitive singular)
бу́гелей (genitive plural)
бугеле́й (genitive plural)
бу́гелю (dative singular)
бу́гелям (dative plural)
бугеля́м (dative plural)
бу́гель (accusative singular)
бу́гели (accusative plural)
бугеля́ (accusative plural)
búgeli (accusative plural)
bugeljá (accusative plural)
бу́гелем (instrumental singular)
бу́гелями (instrumental plural)
бугеля́ми (instrumental plural)
бу́геле (prepositional singular)
бу́гелях (plural prepositional)
бугеля́х (plural prepositional)

Borrowed from Dutch beugel or German Bügel.

(rail transport) bow collector (type of current collector used on trams, formerly much more than today)


double track

Between them, and fitted with the necessary turntables, capstans, and other appliances for transferring the small four-wheel carriages and vans from one track to another, were 14 tracks which converged outside the station into double-track through the Maiden Lane Tunnel, 528 yd. in length.

1952 October, C. A. Johns, “One Hundred Years at Kings Cross—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 650:

(rail transport) A section of railway line or tramline consisting of two parallel tracks, one being used in one direction and the other in the opposite direction.