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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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Ballast tamping
Railways; Railroad
Compacting ballast under crossties to maintain the line and surface of track.
Batter pile
Railways; Railroad
A support pile driven in an inclined position to resist forces which act in other than a vertical direction. When located in a stream, river or other waterway, it sometimes functions as a cutwater in ...
Repair or rip track
Railways; Railroad
One of the body tracks in a car repair yard or shed, on which repairs are made to rolling stock.
Bay platform
Railways; Railroad
A shorter terminating platform road set into the side of a larger platform.
Retaining wall
Railways; Railroad
A wall for sustaining the pressure of earth or filling deposited behind it, used at railroad fills or cuts. See also Wing Wall or Abutment.
