Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

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Crank

Transportation; Railway

A crank is a fixed arm attached at 90 degrees to a rotating axis so that forward and aft motion can be converted to rotating motion and vice versa. For the outside mounted cylinders of a steam ...

The system for operating the valves of a third cylinder by means of levers driven by the motion of the valve gear of the other two cylinders. Its most famous version in the UK was that used by H. N. ...

Connecting rod

Transportation; Railway

The steel arm which connects the piston rod with the crank on the driving wheel or driving axle. It is used to convert the forward and aft motion of the piston into the rotating motion of the axle. ...

Consolidation type locomotive

Transportation; Railway

A locomotive with a 2-8-0 wheel arrangement said to have been named after the merging of the Lehigh & Mahanoy RR and the Lehigh Valley RR in 1865.

Willful violation

Transportation; Railway

To intentionally circumvent or ignore a regulatory safety requirement.

Wood trestle

Transportation; Railway

A wood structure composed of bents supporting stringers, the whole forming a support for loads applied to the stringers through the deck.

Wetlands

Transportation; Railway

The transitional land between the terrestrial and aquatic environment where the water table is usually at or near the surface, or the land is covered by shallow water.