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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Strain

Railways; Railroad

The distortion of a body produced by the application of one or more external forces and measured in units of length. In common usage, this is the proportional relation of the amount of distortion ...

The resistance of a body to distortion when in a solid or plastic state and when acting in an unconfined condition. Stress is produced by the strain (distortion) and holds in equilibrium the external ...

Derailment

Railways; Railroad

Anytime the wheels of a car or engine are off the head of the rail.

Stringer bridge

Railways; Railroad

A deck type bridge in which wooden or steel I-beam stringers carry the track across from one bent or pier to another with or without intermediate support.

Diamond crossing

Railways; Railroad

A track unit where one track crosses another track at the same level.

Stringlining

Railways; Railroad

A method for determining the corrections to be made in the alignment of a curve, by measuring ordinates to the outer rail and without the use of surveying instruments.

Diesel locomotive

Railways; Railroad

A locomotive powered by a diesel engine. The variations diesel mechanical, diesel hydraulic, and diesel electric refer to the method used to connect the diesel engine to the wheels.