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A brakeman manually activated brakes on railroad cars before the advent of air brakes. Brakeman's caboose (US) A small hut at one end of a railway wagon to protect the brakeman from the elements. Buda Car. A type of inspection car or speeder, typically streamlined, manufactured by Buda Engine Co.
Rail transport. 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 ...
A railroad section gang – including common workers sometimes called gandy dancers – responsible for maintenance of a particular section of railway. One man is holding a bar, while others are using rail tongs to position a rail. Photo published in 1917. Gandy dancer is a slang term used for early railroad workers in the United States, more ...
Glossary of Wobbly terms. Wobbly lingo is a collection of technical language, jargon, and historic slang used by the Industrial Workers of the World, known as the Wobblies, for more than a century. Many Wobbly terms derive from or are coextensive with hobo expressions used through the 1940s.
A British signalling scheme designed to ensure the safe operation of a railway by allowing only one train to occupy a defined section of track (block) at a time, used on lines which lack automatic block signalling [1] Aspect. The indication displayed by a colour-light signal (e.g. a yellow aspect) Autocoach.
Gordon Lightfoot used the term navvies in his "Canadian Railroad Trilogy." Andy Partridge's song "Towers of London" on XTC's album Black Sea is inspired by the contribution of navvies to Victorian era London. The first song on Pere Ubu's second album, Dub Housing, is called "Navvy." The Pogues song "Navigator" is based on the life of a navvy.
Railfan. A railfan, train fan, rail buff or train buff (American English), railway enthusiast, railway buff, trainspotter (Australian / British English) or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems. [1][2] Railfans often combine their interest with other hobbies, especially photography ...
Obstruction by a vehicle that is not sufficiently clear of an adjacent line or switch/turnout [1] Freight (SAR) Goods; alternatively, freight train [1] Full jigger (SAR) Full load [1] G. Gabby (Vic) A train spotter who photographs Melbourne suburban electric trains, especially Hitachi electric multiple units.