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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]
A railway track (CwthE and UIC terminology) or railroad track (NAmE), also known as permanent way (CwthE) [1] or "P Way" (BrE [2] and Indian English), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, sleepers (railroad ties in American English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.
Rail terminology with respect to railway track gauge [ edit ] Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to the standard track gauge where the distance between the inside edges of the rails of the track is 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) (see the list of countries that use the standard gauge ).
A tunnel passing underneath the railway tracks to allow passengers to cross from one platform to another Super 60 A rebuilt class 60, upgraded by DBS. Mainly seen in an overall red livery, with half-yellow fronts, but a couple can be seen in the original Sector livery. Superelevation The banking of railway track on curves.
The railway track or permanent way is the elements of railway lines: generally the pairs of rails typically laid on the sleepers or ties embedded in ballast, intended to carry the ordinary trains of a railway. It is described as a permanent way because, in the earlier days of railway construction, contractors often laid a temporary track to ...
Track geometry is concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, curves, and surfaces [1] in the three-dimensional positioning of railroad track.The term is also applied to measurements used in design, construction and maintenance of track.
Railway sidings (left) beside the main running-lines (right) at Kingswear in Devon, England. A siding, in rail terminology, is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line, branch line, or spur. It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end.