Glossary Results for prefix "ro"
Rocking Arms | or rocking levers, these are normally associated with four-cylinder engines where the motion from one set of valves is used to operate a second set by means of levers, rather than a complete additional set of valve gear![]() ![]() |
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Roundhouse | A railway locomotive shed![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Royal Train | ?? | |
RTK coach | British Railways’ nomenclature for Restaurant Third class Korridor (sic) coach, with kitchen, pantry and seating accommodation for diners. [K used to differentiate Corridor from Composite]. | |
Runcorn Bridge | The high level bridge over the River Mersey brought into use in 1881; it was the essential link in the cut off![]() |
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Running Gear | The mechanical parts of a carriage or wagon underframe![]() |
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Running Lines | Tracks for through train movements as distinct from sidings, bays, docks and yards | |
Running Number | The number actually carried by a locomotive, carriage or wagon, used to identify it for traffic purposes. Analogous to theregistration number of a car. Other numbers might be recorded for internal or engineering purposes, such as sequential building numbers, motion numbers, boiler numbers, account numbers and so forth. | |
Running Plate | A foot ledge running the length of a locomotive at the approximate height of the foot-plate![]() |
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Running Powers | A formal arrangement by which one or more 'foreign' companies could exercise a right to operate trains over the owning company’s lines in return for a rental payment. | |
Running Rails | Rails upon which wheels roll, as distinct from check rails ![]() |
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Running Signal | A collective term for a signal that governs movement on a running line, but not a shunting signal. |