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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Prototype

Railways; Railroad

The original 12 inches to the foot (or 1000mm to the metre) original upon which the model is based.

Pumping rail joint

Railways; Railroad

A rail joint usually poorly supported so that mud is created by passage of wheels and pumped up through ballast.

Antichecking iron

Railways; Railroad

A piece of flat iron sharpened on one edge driven into the end of a tie to prevent checking and splitting. It is bent to special designs or to the shape of C, S or Z and called C-iron, S-iron and ...

Push pull

Railways; Railroad

A type of train where the carriages are kept permanently coupled to the locomotive (usually a tank loco) which pulls them in one direction then pushes them in the other.

Anticreeper

Railways; Railroad

A device attached to the base of a rail and bearing against a crosstie, to keep the rail from moving longitudinally under traffic. Also called Rail Anchor.

Rail

Railways; Railroad

A rolled steel shape designed to be laid end-to-end in two parallel lines on ties, to form a track for railroad rolling stock, travelling cranes, and the like.

A waterway bed protection consisting of timber, concrete, riprap, paving or other construction placed adjacent to substructure abutments and piers to prevent undermining by scour. Also placed at the ...