Rail infrastructure

rail infrastructure

type of amusement ride found at amusement parks and carnivals

mechanical installation providing a branching of a railway track

support for the rails in railroad tracks

optical, acoustic or electronic signal providing information about the state of a railway line

device for turning railway rolling stock (usually locomotives) and for switching between many tracks entering a roundhouse

system with signals used to control railway traffic

trackbed upon which railroad ties are laid

long ridges of earth, rocks, or gravel primarily constructed to carry a roadway, railway or canal; if built to retain water, use "levees" or "dikes."

minimum height and width of railway infrastructure

thumb|The tower and tracks at Deval interlocking, Des Plaines, Illinois, in 1993 In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. In North America, a set of signalling appliances and tracks interlocked together are sometimes collectively referred to as an interlocking plant or just as an interlocking. An interlocking system is designed so that it is impossible to display a signal to proceed unless the route to be used is proven safe.

rails fastened to sleepers

thumb|upright|Hinged derail with automatic blue flag

traffic of one country across the territory of another country without usual customs and passport checks

where soil or rock material from a hill or mountain is cut out to make way for a canal, road or railway line

thumb|right|Standard gauge goods wagon (freight car) on Rollbock, gauge

design of a signalling box for controlling railway operations without mechanical switches or relais

type of transport infrastructure

infrastructure capacity needed to run a train

right to make a "way" (as in a type of easement) over a piece of land

Wikimedia list article

Earthmoving technique to minimize labor