"rail motor" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1944 November and December, G. A. Knott, “Forgotten Train Services in the Birmingham District”, in Railway Magazine, page 333",
          "text": "A rail motor was introduced about 1905, and in July, 1908, there were actually some 27 runs each way daily on the branch.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 54",
          "text": "The L&YR built a small number of these trains, known as 'Rail Motors', for rural branch lines. It was only fitting that the Horwich branch should have its own.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of railmotor."
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          "railmotor#English"
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        "(rail transport) Alternative form of railmotor."
      ],
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      "topics": [
        "rail-transport",
        "railways",
        "transport"
      ]
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  "word": "rail motor"
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "1944 November and December, G. A. Knott, “Forgotten Train Services in the Birmingham District”, in Railway Magazine, page 333",
          "text": "A rail motor was introduced about 1905, and in July, 1908, there were actually some 27 runs each way daily on the branch.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 54",
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        }
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        "(rail transport) Alternative form of railmotor."
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