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A nickname for the Canadian Pacific Railway's 1968–1996 logo featuring a black triangle within a white half-circle, which resembles the main character of the video arcade game Pac-Man. It was CP's corporate logo for all business aspects: Railway (CP Rail), shipping , telecommunications , trucking (CP Express), and airline .
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 ...
In Switzerland, where there is only one underground railway system in Lausanne, the term metro is generally used, due to the influence from the French language. In Sweden, the metro of Stockholm is called "Tunnelbana" or "T-bana" which refers to the fact that the trains often run in tunnels. The same applies to Norway and the "T-bane" of Oslo.
Glossary of Australian railway terms; E. Railway and tramway terminology in Europe; N. Glossary of New Zealand railway terms; Glossary of North American railway terms; P.
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. Although not exhaustive, many of the entries in this list appear from time to time in specialist, rail-related publications.
South Australian Railways 100/250/280 class country-lines diesel railcar, which had blue and stainless-steel sides and bore the names of birds [2] Bowser (SAR) Switchstand [2] Boxcar (SAR) Enclosed bogie vehicle (e.g. M, DW class etc boxcar) [2] Brass (SAR) Railway official [2] Brill (SAR) Model 55 or Model 75 Brill railcars [3]: 3‑473
of coupled railway vehicles Rollmaterial: vasúti jármű: railway vehicle Triebfahrzeug (Tfz.) vasúti vontatójármű: powered railway vehicle locomotive (loco), engine: locomotive (loco), engine: Lokomotive (Lok) lokomotywa: mozdony, lokomotív (archaic) locomotive: locomotiva: powered railway vehicle without a passenger compartment A unit ...
Traditionally these are the wheels, axles, axle boxes, springs and vehicle frame of a railway locomotive or wagon. [1] The running gear of a modern railway vehicle comprises, in most instances, a bogie frame with two wheelsets. However there are also wagons with single axles (fixed or movable) and even individual wheels.