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Railway
Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.
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Light rail motor tractor
Transportation; Railway
Diesel or diesel-electric traction unit with a power rating less than 300 HP and generally reserved for shunting.
Limit of shunt
Transportation; Railway
Position marked by a notice or board indicating the limit for any shunting movements.
Limited turntable
Transportation; Railway
Device working like a turntable, meaning that it serves several tracks in a limited space. The pivoting axis is located at one of the ends (and not in the middle). Therefore, there is one entry track ...
Line clear
Transportation; Railway
When there is nothing to prevent a train from running and no danger of it catching up with the train in front (a sufficient number of blocks separating the trains), the line is said to be clear. By ...
Double heading
Transportation; Railway
Provision of two locomotives to haul a train; each locomotive is controlled by a driver.
Double track
Transportation; Railway
Railway of two or more tracks where one track is generally provided for each direction of travel.
Double-tracked running
Transportation; Railway
Following a switching mistake, for example, where a vehicle ends up straddling two tracks, which could lead to a collision or derailment!
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