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1. APT in A, n. View full entry 1967
...advanced passenger train....
2. AWS in A, n. View full entry 1961
...automatic warning system, a system which provides audible indications of upcoming signals....
3. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry 1840
...orig. U.S. On or on to a train, aircraft, or other vehicle. Cf. on boardboard14a....
4. aboard, adv. and prep. View full entry 1752
...orig. U.S. In extended use: on, on to, or into (a train, bus, aircraft, etc.)....
5. accelerate, v. View full entry 1631
...With the thing increasing or developing, or the thing or person moving, as object. In Physics: to alter the velocity of (a body), by changing its speed or direction of...
6. accommodation coach in accommodation, n. View full entry 1794
...= accommodation stage (now hist.);U.S. a railway carriage used for passenger seating (now rare)....
7. adhesion, n. View full entry 1825
...Mech. The frictional grip of a wheel on a rail, road surface, etc.; the friction that gives rise to this; spec. (in a railway engine) the maximum force that...
8. adhesion, n. View full entry 1863
...With reference to railways that rely on adhesion between wheels and track (in contrast to railways using a rack and pinion)....
9. advanced passenger train in advanced, adj. View full entry 1967
...a prototype high-speed passenger train developed by British Rail, having a mechanism designed to tilt the coach bodies as the train rounds a bend; abbreviated APTA....
10. aerotrain in aero-, comb. form View full entry 1965
...a high-speed train supported on an air cushion and guided by a track (constructed as a prototype and not brought into production)....
11. air-braked in air brake, n. View full entry 1905
...fitted with air brakes (sense 1)....
12. alarm cord in alarm, int., n., and adv. View full entry 1868
...a cord used to sound or activate an alarm bell (or occas. an alarm gun or a similar device);the communication cord on a railway train....
13. albergo diurno, n. View full entry 1913
...In Italy: an establishment, incorporating bathrooms and restrooms and frequently providing the services of a barber, shoeshiner, etc., typically situated at a railway station for the daytime refreshment of travellers....
14. all clear, int. and n. View full entry 1853
...A signal indicating that there is no danger or obstruction; esp.a railway signal indicating that the line is clear (cf. danger4c);a signal given by means of a...
15. Amtrak, n. View full entry 1971
...A proprietary name for a Government-controlled railway service in the U.S., also called the National Railroad Passenger Corporation....
16. articulated, adj. View full entry 1884
...Of a vehicle: consisting of flexibly connected sections....
17. A.S.L.E.F. | ASLEF | Aslef, n. View full entry 1914
...The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, a British trade union; nowadays, the trade union to which train drivers belong....
18. aspect, n. View full entry 1926
...In Signalling: an indication given by means of a light (see quot. 1936)....
19. assign, v. View full entry 1297
...To transfer or formally make over to another. In modern Eng. Law the appropriate word to express the transference of personal property (including chattels real), e.g....
20. automatic brake in automatic, adj. and n. View full entry 1858
...a brake which operates automatically; esp. one which automatically halts goods wagons or passenger carriages which have accidentally become detached from a moving train....
