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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Rail anchor

Railways; Railroad

A device attached to a rail to keep it from moving longitudinally as a result of temperature change or under traffic. Also called anticreeper.

Auto train

Railways; Railroad

An early form of multiple unit where a steam locomotive was built into the end of a railway carriage.

A tool or shop machine for bending rails to fit curves in tracks, turnouts, or turntable circles; to introduce bend in stock rails; and for a variety of allied operations. Two common types are the ...

Automatic block signalling

Railways; Railroad

A system of signals of fixed location, each located at the entrance to a block, to govern trains and engines entering and using that block. Such signals govern movements over a series of consecutive ...

Rail bond

Railways; Railroad

A device used to transfer an electric circuit at a rail joint.

Rail brace

Railways; Railroad

A metal casting made to fit against the side of a rail or guard rail and to be spiked to the tie on the outside of a track or the inside of a guard rail to prevent the rail from inclining backward ...