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Rail transport terms are a form of technical terminology applied to railways. Although many terms are uniform across different nations and companies, they are by no means universal, with differences often originating from parallel development of rail transport systems in different parts of the world, and in the national origins of the engineers and managers who built the inaugural rail ...
The term is used to refer to a railway wheel bearing that has over-heated due to internal friction caused by some fault in the bearing. [134] [148] [149] Hot rail (US) Any section of track over which a train movement is imminent. The closer or faster the approaching train, the "hotter" the rail. [150]
In 2009, the United States Department of Transportation created a vision plan for national high-speed rail network with conflicting definitions by describing the lowest speed range of the high-speed rail systems as "Emerging HSR" with top speeds between 90 mph (140 km/h) and 110 mph (180 km/h) [31] This created confusion in terminology and the ...
British Rail Class 25 diesel-electric locomotives—and related classes—reputedly originating from a term used on the LMR of British Rail in the 1960s where 25s were as common as "rats"; [85] the Scottish-based Class 26 and 27 were sometimes known as "MacRats". [86] See also Splut. Rebel Alliance
Pages in category "Glossaries of rail transport" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ... Glossary of rail transport terms; A.
transport on rails: mountain railway: mountain railroad: Gebirgsbahn: kolej górska: hegyi vasút: railways on mountainous terrain rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway: rack railroad: Zahnradbahn: fogaskerekű vasút: ferrovia a cremagliera: railways assisted by a rack-and-pinion system cable railway: cable railroad: funicular ...
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In British and Australian usage, a "railcar" is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single passenger car (carriage, coach) with a driver's cab at one or both ends. Some railways, e.g. the Great Western Railway, used the term "railmotor".