Railroad

Railroad

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.

Industry: Railways

Add a new term

Contributors in Railroad

Become a Contributors

Railroad

Impedance bond

Railways; Railroad

An electrical apparatus at code change points in electric traction areas to separate signal and traction current.

Truss

Railways; Railroad

A jointed structure having an open built web construction so arranged that the frame is divided into a series of triangular figures with its component straight members primarily stressed axially ...

Individual supply

Railways; Railroad

A method of powering a layout where each controller has its own separate transformer.

Tunnel

Railways; Railroad

A section of track completely covered and travelling beneath the ground.

Inside slip

Railways; Railroad

A type of slip where the slip road(s) overlap inside the diamond.

Turnout

Railways; Railroad

A track formation that allows a train to choose between two or more possible routes. Made up of stock rails, points, closure rails, cheque rails, wing rails, crossing vee, and tiebar.

Insulated rail joint

Railways; Railroad

A rail joint which arrests the flow of electric current from rail to rail, as at the end of a track circuit, by means of nonconductors separating rail ends and other metal parts.