Way car: term used by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Chicago and North Western Railway and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway instead of caboose.
Wayside: Trackside.
WAY CAR"Caboose, or car of local freight
WEARING THE BLUE"Delayed by car inspectors. A blue flag or blue light is placed on cars thus delayed and being worked on ...
Way Car
A freight car carrying local shipments.
Way Freight
A freight train making all local stops for which shipments are carried.
Way Car
1. A box car from which LCL shipments are loaded and unloaded at various towns.
2. See Caboose.
Wayside Signal ...
A railway car which is being taken out of service for repair. Also, the yard track assigned to storage of such cars.
Bakehead
Slang term for a locomotive fireman.
Caboose Way Car - A caboose with a section for freight.
Cab Signals - Lights on a control panel in front of operator which indicate condition of track ahead of his train
Call Boys, Caller - A boy, or man, whose duty is to summon the crews.
A type of subway car used in New York City (and maybe elsewhere).
Reefer
RAILWAYS. I think this is probably a slang expression for a refrigerated freight wagon.
Regional Passenger Transit (RPT)
TRAINZ.
The last remaining Subway car, number 60, is currently undergoing restoration by the Rochester Chapter NRHS. Ruins of the Subway exist downtown, partially obscured by the I-490 that succeeded it.
Luxuriously fitted railway car.
Partial Service Application
Reducing the brake pipe pressure at a service rate but not enough to cause the reservoir and cylinder pressure to equalize.
Draft Gear - The boxes located under each end of a railway car or locomotive, which contain shock absorbing spring mounted couplers. In non-talgo truck installations, the draft gear is attached to the car body, or a locomotive pilot.
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Three Maintenance of Way cars - for that one MOW train that adds intrigue to any successful rail operation.
Operating Accessories ...
Process of maintaining roadbed (rail, ties, ballast, bridges, etc.). These materials are hauled in special maintenance of way cars, which also include cars that are equipped with heavy equipment, such as cranes and tie replacing machines.
Manifest ...
The car that carries the crew of a freight train. ItÂ's almost always at the rear of the train. Slang terms for the caboose include buggy, bouncer, bobber, cabin, cage, crummy, hack, palace, and way car.
Unit trains are examples of captive equipment, which travel between two locations in dedicated service. LCL (less than carload) traffic was once handled by way cars, ...
Passenger cars and cabooses are also fairly common, with occasional freight and maintenance-of-way cars offered. The main appeal of these models is that well-made ones will be exact models of particular prototypes with a high level of detail.
Also called a way car, hack or, in the days of living in them, a bean shack Current of Traffic The movement of trains on a main track, in one direction, specified by the rules. Cut, to Separate car(s) from a train
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 See also: Track, Train, Car, Engine, Locomotive
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