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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Tie plate

Railways; Railroad

A metal plate at least 6 inches wide and long enough to provide a safe bearing area on the tie, with a shoulder to restrain outward movement of the rail.

Foreign visitor

Railways; Railroad

A piece of rolling stock that did not run regularly on the prototype railway on which your model is based. It may belong to a different railway company, country, or period.

Tie plug

Railways; Railroad

A wooden pin driven in to fill an unused spike hole in a tie, to exclude moisture, prevent decay, and provide solid wood for redriving the spike. Usually supplied in the form of sticks containing ...

Forms

Railways; Railroad

(Form Work, Lagging, Shuttering). The wooden or metal construction, providing means for receiving, moulding and sustaining in position the plastic mass of concrete placed therein to the certain ...

A colour light using four lights. From top to bottom the lights are yellow, green, yellow, and red. A red indication means that the next section contains a train. A single yellow indication (using ...