Train, the Glossary
A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight.[1]
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191 relations: Acela, Airplane, Airport bus, Alternative fuel, Amtrak, Association of American Railroads, Automatic train stop, Babylon, Bell, Birmingham Airport, Boxcar, Brakeman, Break of gauge, Broad-gauge railway, Buffers and chain coupler, Bus, Cable railway, Car, Centralized traffic control, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Classification yard, Comecon, Commuter rail, Conductor (rail), Container ship, Containerization, Control car, Covered goods wagon, Derailment, Diesel engine, Diesel locomotive, Diesel–electric powertrain, Dieselisation, Doodlebug (railcar), Double-stack rail transport, DRG Class SVT 877, Electric locomotive, Elevated railway, EMD FT, Environmental and Energy Study Institute, Environmentalism, Europe, Federal Railroad Administration, Fireman (steam engine), First transcontinental railroad, Flat wagon, Flatcar, Freight train, Fuel efficiency, ... Expand index (141 more) »
Acela
The Acela (originally the Acela Express until September 2019) is Amtrak's flagship passenger train service along the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in the Northeastern United States between Washington, D.C., and Boston via 13 intermediate stops, including Baltimore, New York City and Philadelphia.
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Airplane
An airplane (North American English) or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine.
Airport bus
An airport bus, or airport shuttle bus, alternatively simply airport shuttle or shuttle bus is a bus designed for transport of passengers to and from, or within airports.
Alternative fuel
Alternative fuels, also known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, are fuels derived from sources other than petroleum.
See Train and Alternative fuel
Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.
See Train and Amtrak
Association of American Railroads
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) is an industry trade group representing primarily the major freight railroads of North America (Canada, Mexico and the United States).
See Train and Association of American Railroads
Automatic train stop
Automatic train stop or ATS is a system on a train that automatically stops a train if certain situations occur (unresponsive train operator, earthquake, disconnected rail, train running over a stop signal, etc.) to prevent accidents.
See Train and Automatic train stop
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Bell
A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.
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Birmingham Airport
Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport, is an international airport located east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, west-northwest of Coventry slightly north of Bickenhill village, in the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England.
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Boxcar
A boxcar is the North American (AAR) and South Australian Railways term for a railroad car that is enclosed and generally used to carry freight.
See Train and Boxcar
Brakeman
A brakeman is a rail transport worker whose original job was to assist the braking of a train by applying brakes on individual wagons.
Break of gauge
With railways, a break of gauge occurs where a line of one track gauge (the distance between the rails, or between the wheels of trains designed to run on those rails) meets a line of a different gauge.
Broad-gauge railway
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
See Train and Broad-gauge railway
Buffers and chain coupler
Buffers and chain couplers (also known as "buffers and screw", "screw", and "screwlink") are the de facto International Union of Railways (UIC) standard railway coupling used in the EU and UK, and on some railways in other parts of the world, such as in South America and India, on older rolling stock.
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Bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a road vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but less than the average rail transport.
See Train and Bus
Cable railway
A cable railway is a railway that uses a cable, rope or chain to haul trains.
Car
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels.
See Train and Car
Centralized traffic control
Centralized traffic control (CTC) is a form of railway signalling that originated in North America.
See Train and Centralized traffic control
Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
Classification yard
A classification yard (American English, as well as the Canadian National Railway), marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, and Australian English, as well as the Canadian Pacific Railway) or shunting yard (Central Europe) is a railway yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railway cars onto one of several tracks.
See Train and Classification yard
Comecon
The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (English abbreviation COMECON, CMEA, CEMA, or CAME) was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of socialist states elsewhere in the world.
Commuter rail
Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting commuters to a central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns.
Conductor (rail)
A conductor (North American English) or guard (Commonwealth English) is a train crew member responsible for operational and safety duties that do not involve actual operation of the train/locomotive.
See Train and Conductor (rail)
Container ship
A container ship (also called boxship or spelled containership) is a cargo ship that carries all of its load in truck-size intermodal containers, in a technique called containerization.
Containerization
Containerization is a system of intermodal freight transport using intermodal containers (also called shipping containers, or ISO containers).
See Train and Containerization
Control car
A control car, cab car (North America), control trailer, or driving trailer (UK, Ireland, Australia and India) is a non-powered rail vehicle from which a train can be operated.
Covered goods wagon
A covered goods wagon or covered goods van (United Kingdom) is a railway goods wagon which is designed for the transportation of moisture-susceptible goods and therefore fully enclosed by sides and a fixed roof.
See Train and Covered goods wagon
Derailment
In rail transport, a derailment is a type of train wreck that occurs when a rail vehicle such as a train comes off its rails.
Diesel engine
The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is called a compression-ignition engine (CI engine).
Diesel locomotive
A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine.
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Diesel–electric powertrain
A diesel–electric transmission, or diesel–electric powertrain, is a transmission system for vehicles powered by diesel engines in road, rail, and marine transport.
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Dieselisation
Dieselisation (US: dieselization) is the process of equipping vehicles with a diesel engine or diesel engines.
Doodlebug (railcar)
Doodlebug or hoodlebug is a nickname in the United States for a type of self-propelled railcar most commonly configured to carry both passengers and freight, often dedicated baggage, mail or express, as in a combine.
See Train and Doodlebug (railcar)
Double-stack rail transport
Double-stack rail transport is a form of intermodal freight transport in which railroad cars carry two layers of intermodal containers.
See Train and Double-stack rail transport
DRG Class SVT 877
The DRG Class SVT 877 Hamburg Flyer – sometimes also Flying Hamburger or in German Fliegender Hamburger – was Germany's first fast diesel train, and is credited with establishing the fastest regular railway connection in the world in its time.
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Electric locomotive
An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor.
See Train and Electric locomotive
Elevated railway
An elevated railway or elevated train (also known as an el train or el for short) is a railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed from steel, cast iron, concrete, or bricks).
See Train and Elevated railway
EMD FT
The EMD FT is a diesel-electric locomotive that was produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), later known as GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD).
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Environmental and Energy Study Institute
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) is an independent, bi-partisan 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that aims to promote environmentally sustainable societies.
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Environmentalism
Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement about supporting life, habitats, and surroundings.
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Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
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Federal Railroad Administration
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT).
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Fireman (steam engine)
A fireman, stoker or boilerman, is a person whose occupation it is to tend the fire for the running of a boiler, heating a building, or powering a steam engine.
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First transcontinental railroad
America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the "Pacific Railroad" and later as the "Overland Route") was a continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the Oakland Long Wharf on San Francisco Bay.
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Flat wagon
Flat wagons (sometimes flat beds, flats or rail flats, US: flatcars), as classified by the International Union of Railways (UIC), are railway goods wagons that have a flat, usually full-length, deck (or 2 decks on car transporters) and little or no superstructure.
Flatcar
A flatcar (US) (also flat car, or flatbed) is a piece of rolling stock that consists of an open, flat deck mounted on a pair of trucks (US) or bogies (UK), one at each end containing four or six wheels.
Freight train
A freight train, also called a goods train or cargo train, is a railway train that is used to carry cargo, as opposed to passengers. Train and freight train are trains.
Fuel efficiency
Fuel efficiency (or fuel economy) is a form of thermal efficiency, meaning the ratio of effort to result of a process that converts chemical potential energy contained in a carrier (fuel) into kinetic energy or work.
Funicular
A funicular is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope.
Gas turbine locomotive
A gas turbine locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a gas turbine.
See Train and Gas turbine locomotive
Gatiman Express
The 12049 / 12050 Gatiman Express is an express train run by Indian Railways.
George Stephenson
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution.
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George Westinghouse
George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania who created the railway air brake and was a pioneer of the electrical industry, receiving his first patent at the age of 19.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads.
Glossary of rail transport terms
Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways.
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Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms
This article contains a list of jargon used to varying degrees by railway enthusiasts, trainspotters, and railway employees in the United Kingdom, including nicknames for various locomotives and multiple units.
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Goods wagon
Goods wagons or freight wagons (North America: freight cars), also known as goods carriages, goods trucks, freight carriages or freight trucks, are unpowered railway vehicles that are used for the transportation of cargo.
Greenhouse gas
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.
Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.
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Heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past.
See Train and Heritage railway
High-speed rail
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.
Higher-speed rail
Higher-speed rail (HrSR), also known as high-performance rail, higher-performance rail, semi-high-speed rail or almost-high-speed rail, is the jargon used to describe inter-city passenger rail services that have top speeds of more than conventional rail but are not high enough to be called high-speed rail services.
See Train and Higher-speed rail
Highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land.
Hitachi
() is a Japanese multinational conglomerate founded in 1910 and headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
Hopper car
A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon (UIC) is a type of railroad freight car that has opening doors on the underside or on the sides to discharge its cargo.
Horsecar
A horsecar, horse-drawn tram, horse-drawn streetcar (U.S.), or horse-drawn railway (historical), is an animal-powered (usually horse) tram or streetcar.
Hydrogen train
In transportation, the original (2003) generic term "hydrail" includes hydrogen trains, zero-emission multiple units, or ZEMUs — generic terms describing rail vehicles, large or small, which use on-board hydrogen fuel as a source of energy to power the traction motors, or the auxiliaries, or both. Train and hydrogen train are trains.
Imperialism
Imperialism is the practice, theory or attitude of maintaining or extending power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultural imperialism).
Inner Mongolia
Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China.
Intercity Express
Intercity Express (commonly known as ICE) is a high-speed rail system in Germany.
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Intermodal container
An intermodal container, often called a shipping container, or cargo container, (or simply “container”) is a large metal crate designed and built for intermodal freight transport, meaning these containers can be used across different modes of transport – such as from ships to trains to trucks – without unloading and reloading their cargo.
See Train and Intermodal container
Intermodal freight transport
Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship, aircraft, and truck), without any handling of the freight itself when changing modes.
See Train and Intermodal freight transport
International Energy Agency
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organisation, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the global energy sector.
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International Union of Railways
The International Union of Railways (Union internationale des chemins de fer, UIC) is an international rail transport industry body.
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Iron Curtain
During the Cold War, the Iron Curtain was a political metaphor used to describe the political and later physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991.
Janney coupler
Janney couplers are a semi-automatic form of railway coupling that allow rail cars and locomotives to be securely linked together without rail workers having to get between the vehicles.
KTM ETS
The KTM ETS, commercially known as ETS (Electric Train Service), is an inter-city higher-speed rail in Malaysia operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM).
L0 Series
The is a high-speed maglev train that the Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) is developing and testing.
Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
The Lac-Mégantic rail disaster occurred in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Canada, on July6, 2013, at approximately 1:14 a.m. EDT, when an unattended 73-car Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway (MMA) freight train carrying Bakken Formation crude oil rolled down a 1.2% grade from Nantes and derailed downtown, resulting in the explosion and fire of multiple tank cars.
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Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
Lac-Mégantic is a town in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada.
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Ladle transfer car
A ladle transfer car is a material handling tool which is used in foundries.
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Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Level crossing
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.
Light rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit using rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from heavy rapid transit.
Liquefied natural gas
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled down to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transport.
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List of films set on trains
This is a list of films set on trains.
See Train and List of films set on trains
List of railway companies
This is an incomplete list of the world's railway operating companies listed alphabetically by continent and country.
See Train and List of railway companies
List of train songs
A train song is a song referencing passenger or freight railroads, often using a syncopated beat resembling the sound of train wheels over train tracks.
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Lists of named passenger trains
In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains.
See Train and Lists of named passenger trains
Lists of rail accidents
This is the list of rail accident lists.
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Loading gauge
A loading gauge is a diagram or physical structure that defines the maximum height and width dimensions in railway vehicles and their loads.
Locomotion No. 1
Locomotion No.
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Locomotive
A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train.
Longest train services
This article lists the longest passenger rail services that are currently scheduled and running directly between two cities.
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Maglev
Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of rail transport whose rolling stock is levitated by electromagnets rather than rolled on wheels, eliminating rolling resistance.
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Magnetic levitation
Magnetic levitation (maglev) or magnetic suspension is a method by which an object is suspended with no support other than magnetic fields.
See Train and Magnetic levitation
Maintenance of way
Maintenance of way (commonly abbreviated to MOW, also known as "Permanent Way Maintenance" or "PWM" in Britain.) refers to the maintenance, construction, and improvement of rail infrastructure, including tracks, ballast, grade, and lineside infrastructure such as signals and signs.
See Train and Maintenance of way
Mars Light
Mars Lights are signal-safety lights used in the United States and built by Mars Signal Light Company for railroad locomotives and firefighting apparatus.
Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe.
Mixed train
A mixed train or mixed consist is a train that contains both passenger and freight cars or wagons.
Monorail
A monorail is a railway in which the track consists of a single rail or beam.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
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Motive power depot
A motive power depot (MPD) or locomotive depot, or traction maintenance depot (TMD), is where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained.
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Multiple unit
A multiple-unit train or simply multiple unit (MU) is a self-propelled train composed of one or more carriages joined, which when coupled to another multiple unit can be controlled by a single driver, with multiple-unit train control.
Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.
See Train and Narrow-gauge railway
National Capital Planning Commission
The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) is a U.S. government executive branch agency that provides planning guidance for Washington, D.C., and the surrounding National Capital Region.
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Natural gas vehicle
A Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) utilizes compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel source.
See Train and Natural gas vehicle
Northeast Regional
The Northeast Regional is an intercity rail service operated by Amtrak in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States.
See Train and Northeast Regional
Old French
Old French (franceis, françois, romanz; ancien français) was the language spoken in most of the northern half of France approximately between the late 8th and the mid-14th century.
Operation Lifesaver
Operation Lifesaver is the largest rail safety education organization in the United States.
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Overhead line
An overhead line or overhead wire is an electrical cable that is used to transmit electrical energy to electric locomotives, electric multiple units, trolleybuses or trams.
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Passenger rail terminology
Various terms are used for passenger railway lines and equipment; the usage of these terms differs substantially between areas.
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Passenger railroad car
A passenger railroad car or passenger car (American English), also called a passenger carriage, passenger coach (British English and International Union of Railways), or passenger bogie (Indian English) is a railroad car that is designed to carry passengers.
See Train and Passenger railroad car
Passenger train
A passenger train is a train used to transport people along a railroad line. Train and passenger train are trains.
Pioneer Zephyr
The Pioneer Zephyr is a diesel-powered trainset built by the Budd Company in 1934 for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CB&Q), commonly known as the Burlington Route.
Positive train control
Positive train control (PTC) is a family of automatic train protection systems deployed in the United States.
See Train and Positive train control
Public transport
Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that may charge a posted fee for each trip.
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A public transport timetable (also timetable and North American English schedule) is a document setting out information on public transport service times.
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Rack and pinion
A rack and pinion is a type of linear actuator that comprises a circular gear (the pinion) engaging a linear gear (the rack).
Rack railway
A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails.
Rail freight transport
Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.
See Train and Rail freight transport
Rail Safety and Standards Board
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is a British independent company limited by guarantee.
See Train and Rail Safety and Standards Board
Rail transport by country
This page provides an index of articles on rail transport by country.
See Train and Rail transport by country
Rail transport in fiction
Notable examples of railways in fiction include.
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Rail transport modelling
Railway modelling (UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland) or model railroading (US and Canada) is a hobby in which rail transport systems are modelled at a reduced scale.
See Train and Rail transport modelling
Railcar
A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.
Railcar-launched ICBM
A railcar-launched ICBM is an intercontinental ballistic missile that can be launched from a train.
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Railfan
A railfan, train fan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff, trainspotter (Australian/British English) or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems.
Railroad car
A railroad car, railcar (American and Canadian English), railway wagon, railway carriage, railway truck, railwagon, railcarriage or railtruck (British English and UIC), also called a train car, train wagon, train carriage or train truck, is a vehicle used for the carrying of cargo or passengers on a rail transport network (a railroad/railway).
Railway Mania
Railway Mania was a stock market bubble in the rail transportation industry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1840s.
Railway signal
A railway signal is a visual display device that conveys instructions or provides warning of instructions regarding the driver's authority to proceed.
Railway signalling
Railway signalling, or railroad signaling, is a system used to control the movement of railway traffic.
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Railway track
A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often "perway" in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.
Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
Record-Journal
The Record-Journal is an American daily newspaper based in Meriden, Connecticut, that dates back to the years immediately following the American Civil War.
Refrigerator car
A refrigerator car (or "reefer") is a refrigerated boxcar (U.S.), a piece of railroad rolling stock designed to carry perishable freight at specific temperatures.
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Regional rail
Regional rail is a term used for passenger rail services that operate between towns and cities.
Reisszug
The Reisszug (also spelt Reißzug or Reiszug) is a private cable railway providing goods access to the Hohensalzburg Castle at Salzburg in Austria.
Richard Trevithick
Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer.
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Road transport
Road transport or road transportation is a type of transport using roads.
Road–rail vehicle
A road–rail vehicle or a rail–road vehicle is a dual-mode vehicle which can operate both on rail tracks and roads.
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Rolling stock
The term rolling stock in the rail transport industry refers to railway vehicles, including both powered and unpowered vehicles: for example, locomotives, freight and passenger cars (or coaches), and non-revenue cars.
Royal Prussian Military Railway
The Royal Prussian Military Railway (German: Königlich Preußische Militär-Eisenbahn), also called the Königliche Militär-Eisenbahn (Royal Military Railway, KME), was a Prussian state railway, operated by the army, between Schöneberg (now part of Berlin) and Kummersdorf (now in the municipality of Am Mellensee), later extended to Jüterbog.
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Rudolf Diesel
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer who is famous for having invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him.
Scharfenberg coupler
The Scharfenberg coupler (Scharfenbergkupplung, abbreviated Schaku) is a commonly used type of fully automatic railway coupling.
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Schnabel car
A Schnabel car or Schnabel wagon is a specialized type of railroad freight car.
Shanghai maglev train
The Shanghai maglev train (SMT) or Shanghai Transrapid is a magnetic levitation train (maglev) line that operates in Shanghai, China.
See Train and Shanghai maglev train
Shinkansen
The, colloquially known in English as the bullet train, is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan.
Shipping container
A shipping container is a container with strength suitable to withstand shipment, storage, and handling.
See Train and Shipping container
Siberia
Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
Sleeping car
The sleeping car or sleeper (often wagon-lit) is a railway passenger car that can accommodate all passengers in beds of one kind or another, for the purpose of sleeping.
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Standard-gauge railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.
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Steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.
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Steam whistle
A steam whistle is a device used to produce sound in the form of a whistle using live steam, which creates, projects, and amplifies its sound by acting as a vibrating system.
Steel
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.
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Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement.
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Stock market bubble
A stock market bubble is a type of economic bubble taking place in stock markets when market participants drive stock prices above their value in relation to some system of stock valuation.
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Stockton and Darlington Railway
The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863.
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Sustainable energy
Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." Definitions of sustainable energy usually look at its effects on the environment, the economy and society.
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Tank car
A tank car (International Union of Railways (UIC): tank wagon) or tanker is a type of railroad car (UIC: railway car) or rolling stock designed to transport liquid and gaseous commodities.
TGV
The TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse,, "high-speed train"; formerly TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated mainly by SNCF.
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The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane, Washington, the city's sole remaining daily publication.
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Third rail
A third rail, also known as a live rail, electric rail or conductor rail, is a method of providing electric power to a railway locomotive or train, through a semi-continuous rigid conductor placed alongside or between the rails of a railway track.
Toy train
A toy train is a toy that represents a train.
Track gauge
In rail transport, track gauge is the distance between the two rails of a railway track.
Traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.
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Train dispatcher
A train dispatcher (US), rail traffic controller (Canada), train controller (Australia), train service controller (Singapore) or signaller (UK), is employed by a railroad to direct and facilitate the movement of trains over an assigned territory, which is usually part, or all, of a railroad operating division.
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Train driver
A train driver is a person who operates a train, railcar, or other rail transport vehicle.
Train horn
A train horn is an air horn used as an audible warning device on diesel and electric-powered trains.
Train lights
Trains include a variety of types of lights, for safety, illumination, and communicating train status.
Train station
A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.
Train wreck
A train accident or train wreck is a type of disaster involving two or more trains.
Trains in art
A locomotive or train can play many roles in art, for example. Train and trains in art are trains.
Tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.
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Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East.
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Transcontinental railroad
A transcontinental railroad or transcontinental railway is contiguous railroad trackage, that crosses a continental land mass and has terminals at different oceans or continental borders.
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Transit-oriented development
In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport.
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Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport freight, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work.
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Unit train
A unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars (wagons) carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route. Train and unit train are trains.
Vehicle
A vehicle is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both.
Vladivostok
Vladivostok (Владивосток) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai and the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia, located in the far east of Russia.
Wagonway
Wagonways (also spelt Waggonways), also known as horse-drawn railways and horse-drawn railroad consisted of the horses, equipment and tracks used for hauling wagons, which preceded steam-powered railways.
Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888;;; 13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892) was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist.
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Western United States
The Western United States, also called the American West, the Western States, the Far West, and the West, is the region comprising the westernmost U.S. states.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train
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