Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Box

Transportation; Railway

Term used to designate containers amongst goods handlers in the railway and shipping sectors.

Emergency temporary speed restrictions

This type of restriction, called an ESR, applies to cases where there has not been enough notice to list the restriction in the weekly operating notice. If trains cannot be diverted to another line, ...

Engine shed

Transportation; Railway

Circular or ring-shaped shed for locomotives with a turntable, swing bridge or limited turntable in the centre. An engine shed may house a few tracks or may be completed enclosed.

Engineering work signals

Transportation; Railway

Parts of the track on which engineering work is being carried out are generally indicated by the following signals: a track circuit operating device is applied to the track to turn the signal to ...

Facing / trailing

Transportation; Railway

Facing points enable trains to change lines (i.e. the single track diverges into two), whereas "trailing points" cannot change the direction of trains passing through them (i.e. two tracks converging ...

Fan of sidings

Transportation; Railway

A large marshalling yard is generally divided into three fans of sidings. The reception sidings receive the feeder trains and connexion trains from other marshalling yards. The trains are split up ...

Feeder trains

Transportation; Railway

Loaded waggons ready to be dispatched are grouped together to form a feeder train that is then sent to the nearest marshalling yard to form new trains according to the final destinations.