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| bisect |
to cut across or intersect, as a road by a railroad. [1/3 definitions] |
| boxcar |
an enclosed railroad car used for carrying freight. |
| brakeman |
a member of a railroad crew whose duties include inspecting the train and assisting the conductor. |
| broad gauge |
a railroad track with a distance between the rails that is greater than the standard width of 56.5 inches or 143.5 centimeters. (Cf. narrow gauge, standard gauge.) |
| broad-gauge |
of or pertaining to railroad equipment used on a broad gauge. [1/2 definitions] |
| car |
a vehicle that runs on rails, such as a streetcar or railroad car. [1/3 definitions] |
| carload |
the amount of anything that a car, esp. a railroad car, can or does hold. [1/2 definitions] |
| club car |
a railroad passenger car equipped with lounge chairs, tables, and a buffet or bar. |
| commutation ticket |
a ticket for a specified number of trips to and from the same destinations that is issued, at a reduced rate, to commuters, esp. for railroad or toll road travel. |
| crossing |
a place where two roads, routes, or railroad tracks, or a combination of these, intersect. [1/3 definitions] |
| detrain |
to get off a railroad train. [2 definitions] |
| diner |
the dining car of a railroad train. [1/3 definitions] |
| dining car |
a railroad car in which meals are served to passengers. |
| dinkey |
a small locomotive, used in a railroad yard to shift or haul cars. |
| el |
(informal) an elevated railroad. |
| elevated |
an elevated railroad, usu. having tracks on frameworks above street level. [1/4 definitions] |
| engine |
a railroad locomotive. [1/3 definitions] |
| fast track |
an express railroad track. [1/3 definitions] |
| feeder |
a contributing segment of a larger unit, such as a stream that flows into a river or a branch of a railroad that joins a main line. [1/5 definitions] |
| fishplate |
a flat metal or wooden plate used to bolt together the abutting ends of timbers, beams, railroad rails, and the like. |
| flagman |
one who signals with a flag or light, as on a railroad. |
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