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A railroad is a means of wheeled transportation for moving people and goods. Railroads are tracks on which trains can tow cars behind an engine.

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Walk around layout
Railways; Railroad

A layout not requiring a duck-under or lifting section.

Junction
Railways; Railroad

The spot at which a branch diverges from the main line. It may consist of a single turnout for single track or may consist of several turnouts and diamond crossings for double (or multiple) tracks.

Water crane
Railways; Railroad

A crane like device used to provide water for steam locomotives.

Junction signal
Railways; Railroad

A signal which as well as indicating the state of the track ahead also indicates which of two or more different available tracks that the train will actually take.

Wide flange beam (carnegie beam)
Railways; Railroad

A steel rolled member having an H-shape with its flanges wider and its web thinner than an I-beam.

Kit-bashed
Railways; Railroad

A model that has been constructed mostly by modifying the parts from a kit that was intended to build something else.

Wing rail
Railways; Railroad

The extension of the closure rails of a turnout along each side of the crossing vee to help hold the wheels on the track.

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