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29 relations: Bay platform, Bowden cable, Branch line, C. J. Freezer, Cut (earthmoving), Fiddle yard, Great Western Railway, Headshunt, List of model railways, Liverpool Street station, Metropolitan Railway, Model railroad layout, Motive power depot, Narrow-gauge railway, OO gauge, OO9, Peco, Point machine, Railroad switch, Railway Modeller, Railway turntable, Retaining wall, Rush hour, Side platform, Switcher, Tender (rail), The Daily Telegraph, Token (railway signalling), Tunnel.
Bay platform
In the United Kingdom and in Australia, a bay platform is a dead-end railway platform at a railway station that has through lines.
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Bowden cable
A Bowden cable is a type of flexible cable used to transmit mechanical force or energy by the movement of an inner cable relative to a hollow outer cable housing.
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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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C. J. Freezer
Cyril John Freezer (19 February 1924 – 19 May 2009) was an English railway modeller, writer, and magazine editor.
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Cut (earthmoving)
In civil engineering, a cut or cutting is where soil or rock material from a relative rise (elevated landscape) to an earlier section of the route is cut out to make way for a further section of the route, whether canal, road or railway line.
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Fiddle yard
A fiddle yard or staging yard is a collection of model railway tracks that are hidden from view and allow trains to be stored and manipulated by the operators.
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Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England, the Midlands, and most of Wales.
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Headshunt
A headshunt (or escape track in the United States) is a short length of track provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines.
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List of model railways
This is a list of model railways.
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Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate.
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Metropolitan Railway
The Metropolitan Railway (also known as the Met) was a passenger and goods railway that served London from 1863 to 1933, its main line heading north-west from the capital's financial heart in the City to what were to become the Middlesex suburbs.
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Model railroad layout
In model railroading, a layout is a diorama containing scale track for operating trains.
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Motive power depot
The motive power depot (MPD, or railway depot) is the place where locomotives are usually housed, repaired and maintained when not being used.
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Narrow-gauge railway
A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than the standard.
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OO gauge
OO gauge or OO scale (also spelled 00 gauge and 00 scale) model railways are the most popular standard-gauge model railway tracks in the United Kingdom.
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OO9
OO9 is a model railway scale and gauge combination of 4 mm scale and gauge tracks, which models a prototype track gauge of.
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Peco
Peco is a UK-based manufacturer of model railway accessories, especially trackwork, based at Pecorama, Beer in South Devon, England.
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Point machine
A point machine (also known as a point motor, switch machine or switch motor) is a device for operating railway turnouts especially at a distance.
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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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Railway Modeller
Railway Modeller is a monthly British magazine about Model Railways published by Peco.
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Railway turntable
In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came.
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Retaining wall
Retaining walls are relatively rigid walls used for supporting the soil mass laterally so that the soil can be retained at different levels on the two sides.
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Rush hour
A rush hour (American English, British English) is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.
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Side platform
A side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, tram stop, or transitway.
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Switcher
A switcher or shunter (Great Britain: shunter; Australia: shunter or yard pilot; United States: switcher, switch engine, or yard goat, except Pennsylvania Railroad: shifter) is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains over long distances but rather for assembling trains ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has been brought in, and generally moving railroad cars around – a process usually known as ''switching'' (USA) or shunting (UK).
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Tender (rail)
A tender or coal-car is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, or oil) and water.
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The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.
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Token (railway signalling)
In railway signalling, a token is a physical object which a train driver is required to have or see before entering onto a particular section of single track.
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Tunnel
A tunnel is an underground passageway, dug through the surrounding soil/earth/rock and enclosed except for entrance and exit, commonly at each end.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minories_(model_railway)
