Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Railway

Installation for turning axles in certain depots and workshops, fitted beneath the running plane so that the running gear can be reprofiled without needing to raise the train body and dismantle the ...

Horn

Transportation; Railway

Generic term for the various sound devices (bells, one-tone or two-tone horns, etc.) fitted to traction units. The horn is not to be used unless necessary. Aside from those cases where the horn is ...

Hot axlebox detector (HABD)

Transportation; Railway

To detect hot boxes, hot axlebox detectors are installed on main lines and use infrared to detect any abnormalities when trains go by. If an abnormal temperature is detected, the HABD sounds an alarm ...

Hot box

Transportation; Railway

The bearings for cars are contained within axle-boxes. In abnormal circumstances, particularly with plain bearing axle-boxes, the box could overheat, causing the axle or bearings to break with a ...

Hump

Transportation; Railway

Inclined track for shunting cuts under the effect of gravity (the waggons move under the effect of their own weight), so that they can run down the hump into the fan of sorting sidings.