Accommodation
A local train which makes all stops along its intended route.
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Accommodation trains are the locals of the passenger trains. They stop at each station and allow a passenger the ability to stop at an out of the way town where the limiteds only breeze through.
Accommodation for a short period of time.
Stack O' Rust
A locomotive that has seen better days.
UoS Accommodation Bridge A bridge connecting two areas of land which were under common ownership but separated when the railway was built.
According to an article posted on the web site of the Railway Technical Society Of Australasia (RTSA), the name comes from the coding system used for rolling stock in New South Wales, where "A" means a special car usually with sleeping accommodation, ...
chair car — a passenger car which does not provide lounge, dining or sleeping accommodations. Usually used to refer to coach, but may be used by some when referring to parlor cars.
I would also bet that the housing accommodations in such institutions are far less than what I have grown accustomed to at my humble abode here in Indiana.
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Some people called them "accommodation" trains. In the Redwood Empire we had many dairies, and some local passenger trains handled the milk cans--transporting a perishable necessity to the cities.
A self-propelled railway vehicle in which no accommodation for a pay load is provided, and which is capable of providing the motive power for other vehicles coupled to it.
Locomotive Shed
A building used to house locomotives.
Grounded van or coach
A condemned van or coach that has been recycled. Instead of throwing it out someone has taken it off the tracks, mounted it on blocks, and used it for storage, accommodation, etc.
 See also: Track, Train, Point, Locomotive, Engine
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