On my E-Series 4-8-4 sleeper, the silver window framing is not uniform; the paint job is a bit grainy and the black subcoat is visible on about 50% through the silver window trim.
Sleeper
A beam spanning the track which is used to support the rails. Originally wooden but concrete sleepers are generally used now. Steel sleepers have also been used occasionally.
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Sleeper
1) Passenger car with sleeping accommodation.
2) [UK/EU] Crosstie. Wood, steel or pre-cast concrete beam for holding the rails to correct gauge and distributing the load imposed by passing trains.
Sleeper-less track
Spring clip and spike with baseplates on adjacent sleepers at welded joint
Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad trestle burned in 1976 showing damage to sleepers and rails ...
Sleeper: old-style cars had rows of bunks for passengers.
Pullman: better than a sleeper, a Pullman has roomettes and sleeping compartments for overnight passengers.
Sleeper
The wooden or, more commonly these days, concrete cross-pieces on which the rail rests. In North America these are known as ties.
Pullman 54' troop sleeper
ACF 54' troop kitchen
NYC 54' converted troop sleeper express car
Super Scale Models (unpainted kits, copper sides & ends, brass floor, wood roof, brass trucks, white-metal details): ...
AntiCreeper (US) A device firmly attached to the base of a rail and bearing against a crosstie (sleeper), to keep the rail from moving longitudinally under traffic.
Slab - Track rails laid on a continuous concrete or asphalt base instead of conventional sleepers and ballast, to minimize settlement and changes in alignment, this helps to reduce maintenance costs.
Sleeper (UK), tie (US): Bars placed at 90° to the rail tracks to support the rails. Generally of wood, concrete or steel, with hardware to affix the rails, usually spikes, nails or bolts.
Tie see Sleeper Tiebar The metal bar or sleeper that attaches two points together and forces them to operate together. Track The "road" on which trains run. Track is made up of rails, sleepers, and chairs or baseplates.
The name used in the USA, and possibly some other countries, for what are called sleepers in Britain. Blocks of wood or concrete on which the rails are mounted. In American pop songs, ties always bind [grin].
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MODEL RAILWAYS.
The rail has a wide base and, originally, was spiked directly to the sleeper.
The sleepers are usually behind the diner but do not have to be there. Sleepers are cars which may be added to a consist or switched while in route.
Slice under the plastic "sleepers" to which the rail is secured on the first two ties with your hobby saw or knife. This ensures there's enough length to slide on a rail joiner so that the rail end is at the mid-point of the joiner.
Pullman - Owned and operated by the Pullman Car Company, these passenger cars typically consisted of diners, parlors, and sleepers.
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 See also: Track, Train, Engine, Locomotive, Consist
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