Lines+of+rails
212-8-4 — In the Whyte notation, a 2 8 4 is a railroad steam locomotive that has one unpowered leading axle followed by four powered driving axles and two unpowered trailing axles. This locomotive type is most often referred to as a Berkshire, though the… …
22Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway — The Duke of Wellington s train and other locomotives being readied for departure from Liverpool, 15 September 1830 The opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L M) took place on 15 September 1830 …
23railway — /ˈreɪlweɪ / (say raylway) noun 1. a permanent road or way, laid or provided with rails of steel, iron, etc., commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which vehicles run for the transporting of passengers,… …
24Cocaine — For other uses, see Cocaine (disambiguation). Cocaine …
25track — trackable, adj. trackability, n. tracker, n. /trak/, n. 1. a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs. 2. a wheel rut. 3. evidence, as a mark or a series… …
26spreader — noun Date: 15th century one that spreads: as a. an implement for scattering material b. a small knife used especially for spreading butter c. a device (as a bar) holding two linear elements (as lines, guys, rails) apart and usually taut …
27Roundhouse — A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables. The defining feature of the traditional… …
28TGV world speed record — The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for high speed train ) holds a series of world speed records achieved in the context of an active research and development program pursued by SNCF, the French national railway, and its industrial partners.… …
29railway — railwayed, adj. railwayless, adj. /rayl way /, n. 1. a rail line with lighter weight equipment and roadbed than a main line railroad. 2. a railroad, esp. one operating over relatively short distances. 3. Also called trackway. any line or lines of …
30track — {{11}}track (n.) late 15c., footprint, mark left by anything, from O.Fr. trac track of horses, trace (mid 15c.), possibly from a Germanic source (Cf. M.L.G. treck, Du. trek drawing, pulling; see TREK (Cf. trek)). Meaning lines of rails for… …
