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30 relations: Bank engine, Branch line, Caboose, Canadian Rail Operating Rules, Centralized traffic control, Classification yard, Defect detector, Factory, Fishplate, General Code of Operating Rules, Glossary of rail transport terms, Industrial railway, International Union of Railways, Main line (railway), Mining, Passing loop, Quarry, Rail speed limits in the United States, Rail yard, Railroad switch, Rolling stock, Single-track railway, Team track, Thunder Bay, Track (rail transport), Track ballast, Train dispatcher, Train station, Warehouse, Wharf.
Bank engine
A bank engine (United Kingdom/Australia) (colloquially a banker) or helper engine or pusher engine (North America) is a railway locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires additional power or traction to climb a gradient (or bank).
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Branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line.
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Caboose
A caboose is a manned North American railroad car coupled at the end of a freight train.
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Canadian Rail Operating Rules
The Canadian Rail Operating Rules (CROR) is a set of operating rules for railways in Canada.
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Centralized traffic control
Centralized traffic control (CTC) is a form of railway signalling that originated in North America.
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Classification yard
A classification yard (American and Canadian English) or marshalling yard (British, Hong Kong, Indian, Australian and Canadian English) is a railway yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railway cars onto one of several tracks.
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Defect detector
A defect detector is a device used on railroads to detect axle and signal problems in passing trains.
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Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial site, usually consisting of buildings and machinery, or more commonly a complex having several buildings, where workers manufacture goods or operate machines processing one product into another.
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Fishplate
Fishplate on the Bluebell Railway In rail terminology, a fishplate, splice bar or joint bar is a metal bar that is bolted to the ends of two rails to join them together in a track.
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General Code of Operating Rules
The General Code of Operating Rules (GCOR) is a set of operating rules for railroads in the United States.
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Glossary of rail transport terms
Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology.
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Industrial railway
An industrial railway is a type of railway (usually private) that is not available for public transportation and is used exclusively to serve a particular industrial, logistics or a military site.
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International Union of Railways
The UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de fer) or International Union of Railways is an international rail transport industry body.
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Main line (railway)
The main line, or mainline in American English, of a railway is a track that is used for through trains or is the principal artery of the system from which branch lines, yards, sidings and spurs are connected.
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Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.
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Passing loop
A passing loop (UK usage) or passing siding (North America) (also called a crossing loop, crossing place or, colloquially, a hole) is a place on a single line railway or tramway, often located at a station, where trains or trams travelling in opposite directions can pass each other.
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Quarry
A quarry is a place from which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate has been excavated from the ground.
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Rail speed limits in the United States
Rail speed limits in the United States are regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration.
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Rail yard
A rail yard, railway yard or railroad yard is a complex series of railroad tracks for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading, railroad cars and locomotives.
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Railroad switch
A railroad switch, turnout, or points is a mechanical installation enabling railway trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a railway junction or where a spur or siding branches off.
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Rolling stock
The term rolling stock in rail transport industry originally referred to any vehicles that move on a railway.
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Single-track railway
A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.
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Team track
A team track is a small railroad siding or spur track intended for the use of area merchants, manufacturers, farmers and other small businesses to personally load and unload products and merchandise, usually in smaller quantities.
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Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is a city in, and the seat of, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada.
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Track (rail transport)
The track on a railway or railroad, also known as the permanent way, is the structure consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.
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Track ballast
Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (sleepers) are laid.
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Train dispatcher
A train dispatcher (US), rail traffic controller (Canada), train controller (Australia) or signalman (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 station
A train station, railway station, railroad station, or depot (see below) is a railway facility or area where trains regularly stop to load or unload passengers or freight.
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Warehouse
A warehouse is a commercial building for storage of goods.
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Wharf
A wharf, quay (also), staith or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbor or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
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References
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