Category
page 1Railway safety
platform screen door
at train station platforms, a door that separates the platform from the train, due to architectural constraints, climate control, and/or for safety
dead man's switch
switch that is designed to activate if the human operator becomes incapacitated
emergency brake
device to stop a train as quickly as possible
vehicle blind spot
area around vehicle that cannot be directly observed by the driver while at the controls
catch points
railroad switch, which ensures a driveway in front of other train movements
pointing and calling
railway safety technique

cowcatcher
thumb|right|Cowcatcher of an American 1911 Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin [[steam locomotive at the Texas Transportation Museum]]
thumb|Leading truck and cowcatcher on the John Bull (locomotive)|John Bull
thumb|British Rail Class 153 with obstacle deflector, prominently seen in yellow.
thumb|right|Lifeguard (circled) on a British British Rail Class 43 (HST)|HST powercar
detonator
signaling system for trains
Automatic Warning System
system
mind the gap
warning to train passengers
guard rail
additional train rail used to resist derailment
Train Protection & Warning System
train protection system
crossbuck
thumb|200px|United States|American crossbucks at the intersection of Redrock Randsburg Road and the Southern Pacific (now [[Union Pacific) Railroad, in the Mojave Desert near Garlock, California, May 2004]]
Transportation Safety Board of Canada
agency of the Government of Canada
train horn
powerful air horn that serves as an audible warning device on electric and diesel locomotives
Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins
1938 U.S. Supreme Court case on diversity jurisdiction
train inspection system
type of inspection
defect detector
device used to detect defects on trains
Wheel slide protection
wheel-slide prevention in railway systems