Embankment
Ridge of earth or rock to raise the natural ground level.
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Grade Line The line on the profile representing the tops of embankments and the bottoms of cuttings ready to receive the ballast; and is the intersection of the plane of the roadbed with the vertical plane through the centerline.
Material, usually earth, used for the purpose of raising or changing the surface contour of an area, or for constructing an embankment.
Fishing space. Space between head and base of a rail occupied by a splice bar (angle bar, joint bar).
Flange. 1.
The term used in the USA, and possibly some other countries, for what in Britain is called an embankment.
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Embankment: A raised pathway on which rail tracks are placed to maintain a shallow gradient when passing over depressions in the terrain. See also cutting.
Being that there was an embankment along side the right of way, when the locomotive derailed and rolled over, it came to a rest at about a 45 degree or so angle, ...
Riprap rocks (a wall of stones thrown together without order) are a convenient and flexible way to discipline embankments. In our miniature world, a good source of riprap is found in the catbox. No, do not steal kitty's litter from her pan! ...
Embankment A section of railway line where the surrounding countryside is at a lower level than the line and the ground has been built up to put in the line.
A substructure composed of stone, concrete, brick or timber supporting the end of a single span or the extreme end of a multispan superstructure and, in general, retaining or supporting the approach embankment placed in contact with it.
TOEPATH or TOWPATH"Running board of locomotive or catwalk on top of boxcars, or that part of railroad embankment lying between end of ties and shoulders of fill
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