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Railway
Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.
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Snowplough
Transportation; Railway
Reinforced waggon fitted with a wedge-shaped device to cut through snowdrifts. It is usually coupled in front of a locomotive to clear the track.
Caution signal
Transportation; Railway
Signal warning the driver to be able to stop the train at the next signal if it is still showing danger when reached (i.e. a red aspect or a stop semaphore signal). A caution sign can be recognised ...
White light
Transportation; Railway
White lights are generally used in the following cases: with position light ground signals (PLGS) for shunting purposes or permissive working: one white light and one red light displayed horizontally ...
Special train
Transportation; Railway
Train not scheduled in the timetable and basically subject to a train advice. The date of operation for a special train cannot be set in advance and can only be indicated when brought into service. A ...
Cinders
Transportation; Railway
Refers to the fine dust rejected from steam engines and always ending up in the eye!
Wrongly routed
Transportation; Railway
A wrongly routed train is forced to run on a different route to its a normal one, which generally gives rise to a delay and is dreaded by all drivers.
Standardised
Transportation; Railway
Equipment designed by the former networks that has been modified to bring it in line with equivalent standardised equipment.
