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Bank engine and Waverley Route

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Difference between Bank engine and Waverley Route

Bank engine vs. Waverley Route

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). The Waverley Route was a railway line that ran south from Edinburgh, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders, to Carlisle.

Similarities between Bank engine and Waverley Route

Bank engine and Waverley Route have 14 things in common (in Unionpedia): Beattock Summit, Caledonian Railway, Dalkeith, Double heading, Falahill, Hawick, London and North Western Railway, Main line (railway), Midland Railway, Newcastleton, North British Railway, Settle–Carlisle line, Switcher, Whitrope.

Beattock Summit

Beattock Summit is a high point of the West Coast Main Line (WCML) railway and of the A74(M) motorway as they cross between Dumfries and Galloway and South Lanarkshire in south west Scotland.

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Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company.

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Dalkeith

Dalkeith (Dail Cheith) is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, on the River Esk.

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Double heading

In railroad terminology, double heading indicates the use of two locomotives at the front of a train, each operated individually by its own crew.

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Falahill

Falahill is a village in the Scottish Borders, in the Moorfoot Hills, at, in the Parish of Heriot, and close to the border with Midlothian.

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Hawick

Hawick (Haaick, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922.

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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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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844 to 1922, when it became part of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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Newcastleton

Newcastleton, or Copshaw Holm is a village in the Scottish Borders and within the historic boundaries of Roxburghshire, a few miles from the border of Scotland with England.

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North British Railway

The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Settle–Carlisle line

The Settle–Carlisle line (also known as the Settle and Carlisle (S&C)) is a main railway line in northern England.

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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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Whitrope

Whitrope is a densely forested area, high in the Southern Upland hills managed by the Forestry Commission in the south central Scottish Borders of Scotland, in the former Roxburghshire.

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Bank engine and Waverley Route Comparison

Bank engine has 228 relations, while Waverley Route has 291. As they have in common 14, the Jaccard index is 2.70% = 14 / (228 + 291).

References

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