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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Compromise bars

Railways; Railroad

Special joint bars to connect rails of different section in such a way that the gauge sides and the top of the head and running surfaces are held in line. Also called offset bars.

A tool with a claw end and two or three pairs of knobs on a straight bar. A spike puller is engaged with the knobs after the claw is slipped under the spike head. It is used to withdraw spikes from ...

Compromise joint

Railways; Railroad

A special rail joint, sometimes also called a step joint, for uniting rails of different sections; made so it brings gauge sides and joined rail heads into line so that continuous smooth surfaces are ...

Spiked switch

Railways; Railroad

A switch with its points held in fixed position by a spike, usually to prevent a disconnected or damaged switch from being thrown through error, or to prevent trains from using a track that has been ...

Computer

Railways; Railroad

An electric calculator capable of receiving programmed data and interpreting, manipulating and storing the data. The system is composed of (1) a card reader/punch which functions as an input/output ...

Contact (trolley) wire

Railways; Railroad

The overhead wire, sometimes referred to as trolley wire, which the pantograph of an electric locomotive rides against (contacts) to collect its electrical current (source of power).