Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term railroad and the British term railway (also used by other English-speaking countries outside the US) is the most obvious trans-Atlantic difference in ...
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Dolly, rail or timber. A device consisting of one or more wide rollers mounted in a frame, used as a platform and as a truck for moving rail, long heavy timbers, and other items.
Rail-controlled units assigned to a nonasset-based shipper such as an IMC.
Currently, the DSTT tunnel is used by dual-mode (diesel and electric) Breda buses and Light Rail Vehicles. The tunnel was previously called by the acronym: DSTP, referring to it as the Downtown Seattle Transit Project.
The challenge - can a two-rail layout be made on a doorway? The answer is a qualified yes. Two-rail O gaugers will have to use two-rail flexible track to create all curves, as no sectional track is available in the tighter radii.
Rail Code--used as a measurement of rail height. Code .100 means the rail height is .100 inches or 100 thousandths of an inch.
Rail Crossing Diamond Protection Circuits
The Crossing Diamond Protection circuits are designed to prevent collisions where one rail line crosses another.
Rail Spikes
Long flat-headed nails which are driven into sleepers each side of a flat-bottomed rail to secure the rail to the sleeper.
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Rail Clinics
All clinics were scheduled for a one-hour period with additional time for questions and set-up except for a few noted as "double sessions." Double sessions ran for 2½ hours.
Rail joiner: the device that holds rail ends together and in alignment. Commercial, sectional track comes with slide-on joiners. Clamp-on joiners are also available.
Rail Cranes
Most of the excavators saw far more service as cranes then they did as excavators. A very common type of work train was used to support track renewal, and its center was the crawler crane on its flat car.
All Rail
Shipment hauled all the way from origin to destination by railroad transportation.
All Water ...
IRON or RAIL"Track. Single iron means single track
IRON HORSE"Academic slang for locomotive
IRON SKULL"Boilermaker. (Jim Jeffries, one-time champion prize fighter, worked as an iron skull for years) ...
The Logic Rail Signal Animator circuit boards are set up so that when a train covers a sensor, the signal turns red to prevent other traffic from entering.
Rail. A rolled steel shape designed to be laid end-to-end in two parallel lines on ties, to form a track for railroad rolling stock, traveling cranes, and the like.
Rail anchor.
Rail
Steel bar that, when joined end to end, and laid in parallel, creates a fixed guideway over which the wheels of trains can roll. Consists of three parts: the head, web, and base.
Rail Anchor
A spring-steel device driven onto the base of the rail and bears against the tie, preventing it from moving by the resistance of the stone ballast.
Rail Car ...
Rail code
The height of model rail in thousandths of an inch: code 100 measures .100" tall, code 83 is .083" tall, code 70 is .070", and code 55 is .055."
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Rail joiner A part of folded metal used to connect a butt joint between two rails.
Reefer Refrigerator box car used to haul foods. No air conditioner or ice.
Resin Material used for casting.
Rail Bond
An electrical conductor for bridging joints between rails for the purpose of carrying electrical current as part of a track circuit.
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"Rail"
Slang term for a model railroader.
Railfan
An individual who enjoys riding, watching, photographing, and reading about trains.
A rail motor car.
Double Stack (or Stacks)
Intermodal service characterized by shipping containers that are stacked two-high on railcars.
We rail barons should control Mother Nature's flowing bulges and firm her up where she sags. When the rains come, the real railroads have problems with scenery that slumps across the track or moves downhill, leaving too much fresh air under the ties.
Res - Rail express systems.
RF - Railfreight.
S&DJR - Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway.
A high-rail car used by management to get out of the office and look important.
Blue Signal ...
British Rail Coach Designations
British Carriage And Wagon Numbering And Classification ...
MARK'S 3-RAIL LAYOUT
Layout with O Scale Trains on Hi-Rail Track
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Code - Rail code numbers refer to the actual height of the rail, as measured in thousands of an inch.
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File the cut rail ends smooth and straight with your hobby file. You'll need to file both the rail ends and the underside of the joint, as the hobby saw will have left a burr at the base of the rail.
closure rail — the rail in a turnout or switch that stretches between the frog and the moving points.
coach — a railroad car providing for the transportation of passengers in one large compartment.
Water Crane A crane like device used to provide water for steam locomotives. Wing rail The extension of the closure rails of a turnout along each side of the crossing vee to help hold the wheels on the track.
Crossing
One rail crossing another on the same level.
Crossing Angle
The acute angle that one rail makes relative to the other at a crossing.
Team Track A track on which rail cars are placed for the use of the public in loading or unloading freight. Telemetry Another name for an EOT device which transmits End Of Train info to engine. Also "Telem", "Tele", "FRED", and "Freddie".
Cant The term used to denote the raising of the outer rail on curved track to allow higher speeds than if the two rails were level. Cant compensates for the centrifugal force arising from a train traversing a curve.
The Top of Rail Line and the Track Centerline are the two fundamental axes of a Clearance Diagram.
Ladder - Term sometimes given to rack rail of mountain railway system.
Ladder Track - A track connecting a number of parallel sidings or stubs in a yard or terminal.
To get power to the isolated rail, add an LGB 12070 auxilliary switch to the 12010 switch drive on the turnout. Run a black (or blue) wire from the inside rail on the mainline to a terminal #2 on the auxilliary switch.
Presently, one train per week operates between the hub in Clearfield (Clearfield County) and the Mears Enterprises loading facility in Clymer (Indiana County), some 60 rail miles to the southwest on the 32.3 mile long Cherry Tree Branch.
After carving the foam is probably the last best time to paint the track. I usually use my airbrush but for the sake of speed I used a spray can of Rail Brown.
If you don't, the pilot and cylinder casting won't fit properly. I just nipped my little hook off with a rail nipper. This is one of those little things that is omitted from the instructions. My guess is that they assume that this is obvious.
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