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.

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Turnout (TO)

Railways; Railroad

An arrangement of a switch and a frog with closure rails, by which rolling stock can be diverted from one track to another.

A switch in which the fixtures, principally the gauge plates and the switch rods connecting one rail to the other, are provided with insulation so that electric currents will not be shunted. Also, ...

Turnout number

Railways; Railroad

The number corresponding to the number of frog used in a turnout.

Insulating rail joint

Railways; Railroad

Sometimes called Insulated Joint. A rail joint designed to stop the flow of electric current from rail to rail, as at the end of a track circuit, by means of nonconductors so placed as to separate ...

Turntable

Railways; Railroad

A rotating platform for turning locomotives or wagons. On the model may also be used to turn whole trains.

Interchange track

Railways; Railroad

A track used for the transfer of cars from one railroad to another.

Twin tie plate

Railways; Railroad

A tie plate in two parts which mate to form a combined width equal to that of the stand tie plate, for use back of the heel of switch to the point where standard tie plates may be applied without ...