Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Platelayer

Transportation; Railway

Term denoting a person who maintains or lays tracks.

Mechanical stoker

Transportation; Railway

Device for feeding coal into a steam engine's boiler, working on the principle of an endless screw linking the tender to the inner firebox.

Mile posts

Transportation; Railway

All railways used to be required to instal mile posts, with the mileage measured from a specific datum point. The mile posts helped drivers to cheque their position and pinpoint the location of ...

A train with passenger coaches and goods vehicles. Mixed trains were often tracked by photographers due to their ill-assorted composition and left many passengers with painful reminders of the long ...

Mothballing

Transportation; Railway

Damaged equipment may be mothballed or isolated, meaning that it is removed from the train as it could present a danger if left in place. Withdrawing is generally used for passenger cars. At the end ...

Motive power unit

Transportation; Railway

Refers to any independently moving vehicle: machine (locomotive or light rail motor tractor), railcar, multiple-unit set, track car, and so on.

Mountain

Transportation; Railway

Generic name given to steam engines with a 4-8-2 wheel arrangement. These locomotives were first introduced in the US for the mountain section of the Chesapeake - Ohio route in 1911 and were later ...