German-English dictionary of railway or technical termsIncludes railway modelling words and terms |
Notes:
- The letter ? is a German double s, as in Stra?e, which can also be written Strasse
- There is an alternative way to write any of the German 'umlauted' letters if you don't have access to
umlauts (say on a keyboard), and you may find words written both ways in different places: a = ae, o = oe, u = ue
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Related information:
On-line dictionaries at travlang's Translating Dictionaries,
A list of [American] Railroad Related Terms |
Although the initial work on this dictionary was done by John Oxlade, Michael Schildbach (EMail: [email protected]) has provided a lot of additional information. |
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- 2'C1'h4v
- An example of a scheme for indicating in a minimum number of letters and numbers the type of locomotive.
See explanation in the appendices.
- A....
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- Abfahrbereit
- About to depart
am. Ready to leave
- Ablaufberg, 'Eselsrucken'
- Hump (in a hump/gravity yard)
- Abt
- A form of rack system patented in 1882 by Roman Abt, consisting of teeth cut into flat metal bars, and fitted such that the teeth of one bar are aligned with the gaps in the other.
Most lines using the Abt system used 2 bars, but the Chilean Transandine Railway used 3.
- Abteilwagen
- Compartment coach
- Abziehbild
- Decal
- Achsfolge
- Wheel arrangement
- Achslager
- Axle box or bearing
am. Journal box
- Aschenkasten
- Ashpan
- Aufgleisgerat
- Rerailer; aufgleisen to rerail
- Aufgleisen
- To rerail
- Ausbesserungswerk (AW)
- Repair workshops (literally: out bettering works)
- Ausmusterung
- Withdrawal, the taking out of service
- Austauschbauart
- A type of goods wagon design using standard components developed by the DRG.
- Autotransportwagen
- Double-deck car-carrier
am. Auto-rack freight cars
- B....
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- Bahnanlagen
- Railway plant or equipment.
See appendix: Bahnanlagen
- Bahnbetriebswerk (Bw)
- Loco shed / loco depot
- Bahndienstwagen
- Maintenance of way vehicle
- Bahnhof (Bf)
- Station
- Bahnsteig
- Platform
- Bahnubergang, schienengleicher
- Level crossing
am. Grade crossing
- Beleuchtung
- Lighting
- Baugro?e
- Doesn't translate well, but essentially means scale
- Baureihe
- Class
- Befahren
- To negotiate (a bend)
- Befestigt
- Mounted
- Bekohlungsanlage
- Coaling facility
- Beschriftung
- Lettering
- Betrieb
- Operation (back in …)
am. Operation, business
- Bettung
- Track bed
- Blasrohr
- Blast pipe
- Blattfeder
- Leaf spring
- Blockabschnitt
- Block section
- Bogen
- Curve
- Bogenweiche
- Curved point
am. Switch or turnout
- Breitspur
- Broad gauge (geater than 4'8.5" / 1435mm)
There were plans in 1942 to build a network of lines over Europe of 3000mm gauge (approx. 9'10"). - It never happened.
- Bremsen
- Brakes
- Bremser
- Brakeman
- Bremserhaus
- Brakeman's cabin
- Bremsgestange
- Brake rigging
- Bremsprobe
- Brake test
am. Air test
- Bremsschlauch
- Brake hose
- Bundesbahn-Zentralamt
- DB central administrative bureau
- C....
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- Crampton
- A particular type of (old) steam locomotive, usually with large diameter driving wheels under the cab.
- D....
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- Dach
- Roof
- Dampfdom
- Steam dome
- Dampflokomotive
- Steam locomotive
- Dampfpfeife
- Steam whistle
- Dampfspeicherlokomotiven
- Fireless loco - runs from a tank of steam
- Dampfstrahlpumpen
- Injector
- Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG)
- German Railway (Unified Germany)
- Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB)
- German Federal Railway (post WWII - West German)
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR)
- German State Railway (post WWII - East Germany)
- Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft (DRG)
- German State Railway from 1920-1949
- Deutsche Schlafwagen und Speisewagen Gesellschaft (DSG)
- German Sleeping Car and Restaurant Car company. Formed in 1950 to handle all internal sleeping and dining car services on the DB.
Renamed Deutsche Service Gesellschaft der Bahn in 1990.
- Deutscher Staatsbahnwagen-Verband
- German Railway Wagon Assoc. An organisation formed in 1909 to standardise the components in goods wagons, enabling the easier repair of 'foreign' wagons. Wagons to this design are called VERBANDSBAUART.
- DIN
- Deutsche Industrie-Norm - Standards in German industry - like the BSI or ISO
- Doppel-Kreuzungsweiche (DKW)
- Double-slip (switch/turnout), diamond crossing with slips
am. Double-slip crossing
- Doppel-Kreuzungsweiche (DKW) Bauart "Baeseler"
- An unusual design of double-slip (see DKW above) that I've not seen outside Germany or Austria.
Roco are the only company I know that makes a model of one.
- Doppelte Weichenverbindung
- Double cross-over
- Drehgestell
- Bogie
am. Truck
- Drehscheibe
- Turntable
- Dreiweg-Weiche (DWW)
- Three-way point
am. Three-way switch/turnout
- Druckluft
- Compressed air - for the brakes... usually 8kg/cm2
- E....
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- Eilzug
- Through train, stopping train
- Einfache-Kreuzungsweiche (EKW)
- Single-slip (switch/turnout)
- Einheitslok
- DRG 'standard' design locomotive
- Eisenbahn Direction (ED)
- A regional administrative unit
- Entkupplungsgleis
- A piece of model track with an integral un-coupler
- Entladeklappe
- Unloading hatch
- Epoche
- Era. See An attempt to explain Epochs.
- Erster-Klasse-Abteil
- First-class compartment
am. Parlor car, chair car
- Erzwagen
- Mineral wagon
am. Ore car
- Erzbahn
- Mine railway
- Eselsrucken
- Hump (in a gravity yard)
- Exzenterstange
- Eccentric rod
- F....
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- Fahrdraht
- Catenary wire
- Fahrgestell
- Running gear, wheels & suspension
- Fahrkarten-Schalter
- Booking office
am. Ticket office
- Fairlie
- A form of articulation for steam locomotives. Usually refers to a double Fairlie where a double-ended boiler sits on 2 powered units (with cylinders on the outer ends) that are free to move.
99 162 is a Fairlie.
- Faltenbalg
- Gangway bellows
- Faltenbalgubergang
- Doesn't translate very well, but 'old style corridor connection' is probably good enough.
- Faltenbalg-Ubergang
- Intercommunicating gangway bellows
- Feder
- Spring
- Feldbahn
- Literally 'field railway', used to describe light and industrial railways, usually narrow gauge
- Feuerbuchse
- (Inner) fire box
- Feuergewolbe
- Brick arch
- Feuerkammer
- Fire box
- Feuerrohr
- (Large) flue tube
- Flachdach
- Flat roof
- Flachstelle
- Flat, wheel flat
am. Flat spot, flat wheel
- Fotohalt (bei Sonderfahrten)
- Special stop on an excursion for photographers to get off the train to take photos.
am. Photo run-by
- Franco-Crosti-Kessel
- Unusual boiler design consisting of 2 cylinders one above the other, with the chimney along the side of the loco. Too complex to explain here.
50 4018 has a Crosti boiler
- Fuhrerhaus / Fuhrerstand
- Cab
- Funkenfanger
- Spark arrester, spark catcher
- G....
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- Gedeckter Guterwagen
- Closed goods wagon
am. Boxcar
- Gefalle
- Gradient
am.Grade
- Gelenk
- Articulation
- Gelenklokomotiven
- Articulated locomotives. See Mallet and Meyer below as examples
- Genieteter
- Riveted
- Gepackabteil
- Baggage compartment
- Gepackwagen
- Baggage car
- Gerade, gerades Gleis
- Straight track, tangent track
- Gleis
- Track, can also mean platform
See appendix: Terms related to Rail or Track
- Gleisanlage
- Trackage
- Gleisbauarbeiter
- Track worker
am. Gandy dancer
- Gleisbremse
- Rail brake
- Gleisdreieck
- Triangular junction (primarily for turning locomotives or whole trains)
am. Wye-track, Y-track
- Gleiswaage
- Track scales, freight car scales, rolling stock weigh bridge
- Gleitlager
- Plain-bearing axle-box
am. Friction bearing
- Gliederzug
- Articulated train (e.g. Talgo train)
- Gro?herzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahn (BADEN)
- Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway
- Gro?herzoglich Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn (MFFE)
- Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg Frederick-Franz-Railway
- Gro?herzoglich Oldenburgische Staatseisenbahn (Oldenburg)
- Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railway
- Gummiwulstubergang
- Doesn't translate very well, but 'new style rubber corridor connection' is probably good enough.
- Guterbahnhof
- Freight depot, freight yard
am. Yard
- Guterfernverkehr
- Long-distance (freight) haulage
- Guterschuppen
- Freight shed
- Guterzug
- Freight train, goods train
- Guterzug Tenderlokomotiven
- Freight (tank) locomotives
- Guterzugbegleitwagen
- Guards van
am. Caboose, waycar
- Guterzuglokomotiven
- Freight (tender) locomotives
- H....
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- Haftreifen
- Rubber or synthetic traction tyres fitted to model locomotive wheels to increase grip
- Hauptbahn
- Mainline
- Hauptbahnhof (Hbf)
- Main station
- Hauptluftbehalter
- Main air reservoir
- Heeresfeldbahn
- German military (field) railways, used in WWI and WWII
- Hei?dampf
- Superheated steam locomotive
- Hei?laufer
- Hot box
- Hei?laufer-Ortungsgerat
- Hot box detector
- Hei?laufen
- To heat up
- Heizer
- Fireman (stoker)
- Hilfsblaser
- Blower - as an artificial draft for raising steam
- Hochdruck (HD)
- High pressure (steam locomotive boiler)
- Hochstgeschwindigkeit
- Maximum speed
- Huckepackwagen
- Piggyback wagon (lorry trailer transporter)
am. Piggyback, trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC)
- I....
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- Indusi
- An inductive train safety device which will stop the train automatically if the driver fails to observe signal indications
- J....
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- Jahrhundert
- Century
- K....
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- Kessel
- Boiler
- Kesselsicherheitsventile / Sicherheitsventile
- (Boiler) safety valve
- Kesselwagen
- Tank wagon
- Klose Triebwerk / Klose Lenkachsen
- An unusual form of compensation found on some Wurttemberg steam locos designed to assist negotiation round tight curves.
99 622 has Klose Lenkachsen
- Klotzbremse
- Shoe brake
- Kohlenkasten
- Coal space in the tender
- Kohlenstaubfeuerung
- Pulverised (coal) fuel firing
- Kolben
- Piston
- Kolbenschieber
- Piston valve
- Kolbenstange
- Piston rod
- Kombiverkehr, Wagen fur den ...
- Intermodal wagon
am. Intermodal car
- Koniglich Bayerische Staatseisenbahn (K.Bay.Sts.B.)
- Royal Bavarian State Railway
- Koniglich Preu?ische Eisenbahn-Verwaltung (K.P.E.V.)
- Royal Prussian Railway Administration
- Koniglich Preu?ische und Gro?herzoglich Hessische Staatseisenbahn (K.P.u.G.H.St.E.)
- Royal Prussian and the Grand Duchy of Hessian State Railway
- Koniglich Sachsische Staatseisenbahn (K.Sachs.Sts.E.B.)
- Royal Saxon State Railway
- Koniglich Wurttembergische Staatseisenbahn (K.W.St.E.)
- Royal Wurttemberg State Railway
- Kran
- Crane
- Kraus-Helmholtz-Drehgestell
- Movement of the front bogie causes lateral movement of the front driving wheels to ease the locomotive round curves
- Kreuzkopf
- Cross head
- Kreuzung
- Plain track crossing
am. Diamond (crossing)
- Kriegslok
- War or austerity locomotive
e.g. 50UK (a stripped down 50), 42 and 52
- Kuhlwagen
- Refrigerator wagon
am. Reefer
- Kulisse
- Motion link
- Kuppelachse
- Coupled axle
- Kuppelstange
- Coupling rod
- Kupplung
- Coupling
am. Coupler
- Kupplungspiel
- Slack (in the couplings)
- Kurbelachse
- Crank axle
- Kurbelstange
- Connecting rod (i.e. connecting the driving wheels together)
- Kurve, uberhohte
- Super-elevated curve
- Kurvenreiche Strecke
- Winding line/route
- L....
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- Ladema?
- Loading gauge
- Ladema?-Uberschreitung
- Out-of-gauge load
- Lander
- German Lander are similar to English counties, or American states
- Landerbahnen
- Railways of the former German states (like Prussia) rather than the German State Railway (DRG)
- Lange uber Puffer (LuP)
- Length over buffers
- Lasche
- Fishplate
- Laufachse
- Carrying axle
- Leerfahrt
- Light running
- Leerlok
- Locomotive running light (i.e. no train)
- Lichtraumprofil
- Loading gauge
- Linienzugbeeinflussung
- Continuous automatic train-running control
- Lok mit starrem Rahmen
- Rigid-frame loco
- Lokalbahn
- Branchline
- Lokalbahnlok(omotive)
- Branchline locomotives / light railway engine
- Lokfuhrer
- (Engine) driver
am. Engineer
- Lokomotive, Lok
- Locomotive, loco
am. Engine
- Lokschuppen
- Engine shed, locomotive shed
am. Enginehouse
- Luftpumpe
- Air pump
- LuP
- Length over buffers
- M....
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- Mallet
- A form of articulation for steam locomotives where the locomotive consists of a boiler on top of two powered bogies, both of which face forward, and only the front bogie is free to move.
Mallets are usually (but not always) compounds, and if compounds, the low pressure cylinders are at the front. 96 022 is a (compound) Mallet.
- Ma?stab
- Scale
- Mehrfachtraktion
- Multiple unit
- Me?wagen
- Test coach
- Meyer
- A form of articulation for steam locomotives where the locomotive consists of a boiler on top of two powered bogies, both of which are free to move. Usually both sets of cylinders are adjacent to each other.
98 001 is a Meyer.
- MITROPA
- Mitteleuropaischen Schlafwagen- und Speisewagen- Aktiengesellschaft
The Middle European Sleeping- and Dining- car company.
- Mitteldruck
- Medium pressure (steam locomotive boiler)
- Montage
- Assembly
- MOROP
- Union Europeenne des Modelistes Ferroviaires et des Amis de Chemins de Fer / Verband der Modelleisenbahner und Eisenbahnfreunde Europas
(The Union of European Railway Modellers and Railway Enthusiasts)
- N....
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- Nachbau
- Replica / reproduction. Also used to describe locomotives built by the DRG to earlier designs.
- Nachschieben
- Banking
am. Helper or pusher operation
- Na?dampf
- Saturated steam locomotive. i.e. not superheated
- Nebenbahn
- Branch line
- NEM
- Normen europaeischer Modelleisenbahnen - Standards of European model railways
- NEM 311, 313 & 314
- Wheel profile standards
- NEM 362
- A standard for coupling pockets which makes the interchange of coupling heads easy.
Note that NEM 362 does not cover the close coupling mechanism, just the coupler's fitting.
- Neu
- New
- Neusilber
- Nickel-silver
- Niederbordwagen
- Open wagon / wagon with low sides (lower than a coal wagon)
am. Low side gondola
- Niederdruck
- Low pressure (of steam locomotive boiler)
- Niete
- Rivet
- Normalspur
- Standard gauge (4' 8.5" / 1435mm)
- O....
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- Oberflachenvorwarmer
- Feed water heater
- Oberleitung
- Catenary
- Offener Guterwagen
- Open goods wagon
am. Gondola
- Olhauptfeuerung
- Oil firing, oil burning
- OPW
- Obschtschij Park Grusowych Wagonow - Joint wagon pool of the Socialist European States
- OSShD
- Organisazija Sodrushestwa Shelesnych Dorog - Organisation for the combined operations of railways - eastern Europe.
- P....
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- Personenwagen
- Passenger coach
am. Passenger car
- Personenzug
- Passenger train
- Personenzuglokomotiven
- Passenger (tender) locomotives (as opposed to express passenger locomotives)
- PersonenzugTenderlokomotiven
- Passenger (tank) locomotives
- Pfalzbahn der Koniglich Bayerischen Staatseisenbahn (PfalzB)
- Pfalz Railway of the Royal Bavarian State Railway
- Pre?span
- Particle board
- Prellbock
- Buffer stop
am. Bumper
- Probefahrt
- Test run
- PSe
- Effective power at the drawbar
- PSi
- Indicated power at the cylinders
- Puffer
- Buffer
- Q....
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- R....
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- Radsatz
- Wheel set
- Radreifen
- Tyre, the rim of the wheel
am.Tire
- Rahmen
- Frame
- RAL
- Reichsausschu? fur Lieferbedingungen - a standardisation system introduced in 1927 and still used today for indentifying colours.
Frequently used for model paint colours in Europe, but not in America.
- Rangierbahnhof
- Marshalling yard, goods yard
am. Switching yard
- Rangieren
- To shunt
am. Switching
- Rangieren mit Absto?en
- Fly shunting
- Rangiergleis
- Siding, sidetrack
- Rangierlok(omotive)
- Shunting locomotive
am. Switcher
- Rangiersignal
- Shunting signal
- Rauchkammer
- Smoke box
- Rauchrohr
- Boiler tube
- Rauchrohr-Uberhitzer
- Smokebox superheater
- RAW
- Reichsbahn Ausbesserungswerk (Reichsbahn repair / workshops)
- Regelspur
- Standard gauge
- Regler
- Regulator
am. Throttle
- Reichsbahn Direction (Rbd)
- A regional DRG administrative unit
- RIC
- Regolamento Internazionale Carozzi - An organisation that overseas design and construction of coaches that can be used throughout Europe.
Covers size, weight, brakes etc.
- Riffeln
- Corrugation to rail surface causing excessive noise and vibration which has to ground off with special equipment.
- Riggenbach
- A form of rack system, where the rack is formed of rungs between to side bars - very much like a normal ladder.
- Riggenbach-Gegendruckbremse
- Riggenbach's counter-pressure brake. Limits the amount of steam that can escape from the cylinders during steep downhill running.
- Riggenbach Bauart Bissinger-Klose
- A variation on the Riggenbach rack system where the rack rail is milled from a solid piece of metal rather than fabricated from bars.
- Ringlokschuppen
- Roundhouse
- RIV
- Regolamento Internazionale Veicoli - An organisation that overseas design and construction of wagons that can be used throughout Europe.
Covers size, weight, brakes etc.
- Rollbock
- Wagon carrier truck
- Rollbockgrube
- Carrier truck pit
- Rollenlager
- Roller-bearing axle-box
- Rost
- Grate (in the fire box)
- Rungenwagen
- Low sided wagon with stakes or stanchions
- S....
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- Sandkasten
- Sand box
- Sattelanhaenger
- Road semi-trailer
- Sattelauflieger
- Road semi-trailer
- Saugluft
- Vaccuum - as in vaccuum brakes
- Schiebebuhne
- Transfer table, traverser, travelling platform
- Schieberkasten
- Steam chest
- Schiebetur
- Sliding door
- Schiene
- Rail
- Schienensteg
- A technical term used to describe the fillet radius between the web and head of the rail
- Schienensto?
- Joint, rail joint
- Schienenverbinder
- Rail joiner
- Schlacke
- Slag
- Schlafwagen
- Sleeping car
am. Sleeper
- Schlepptenderlok(omotive)
- Tender locomotive
- Schmalspur
- Narrow-gauge (less than 4'8.5" / 1435mm)
- Schmalspurlokomotiven
- Narrow-gauge locomotives
- Schnellzug
- Express train - usually passenger
- Schnellzuglokomotiven
- Express passenger (tender) locomotives
- Schornstein
- Chimney
am. Smoke-stack
- Schotter
- Ballast
- Schwelle
- Sleeper
am. Tie
- Schwelle > Nagel
- Track spike, nail
- Schwelle > Unterlagsplatte
- Base plate
- Schwelle > Stahlbetonschwelle
- Reinforced-concrete sleeper
- Schwinge
- Motion link
- Schwungmasse
- Flywheel
- Sicherheitsventil
- Safety valve
- Signale
- Signals
See appendix: Terms related to Signalling
- Sonderzug
- Special train, special running
- Speichenrad
- Spoked wheel
- Speisedom
- Feed dome
- Speisepumpe / Speisewasserkolbenpumpe
- (Water) feed pump
- Speisewagen
- Dining car
am. Diner
- Sperrholz
- Plywood
- Spitzkehre
- Setting-back track
- Spurerweiterung
- Excess width (of the track gauge)
- Spurkranz
- Flange
- Spurkranzschmierung
- Flange-lubricating device
am. Flange oilers
- Spurweite
- Gauge
- Stahlbetonbruecke
- Concrete-girder bridge
- Standseilbahn
- Cable or funicular railway
- Stehbolzen
- Stay bolt, crown stay
- Steigung
- Bank, gradient
am. Grade
- Steilrampe
- am.Drag
- Steilstrecke
- Line with steep gradients
- Stellwerk
- Signal box
am. Switch tower
- Steuerung
- Valve gear only - not connecting rods
- Steuerwagen
- Driving or control trailer
am. Cab car
- Streckengeher
- Track worker, ganger
am. Track-man, track-walker
- Strub
- A form of rack system where the rack rail is made from teeth cut into a bar.
- Stuck
- The quantity of something.
i.e. 2 Stuck …..., 2 of something
- T....
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- Tenderlok(omotive)
- Tank locomotive
- Tiefladewagen
- Depressed center flat (well) wagon / car
- Transportgesellschaft
- Haulage contractor
am.Carrier
- Treibachse
- Driving axle
- Treibstange
- Coupling rod (i.e. cylinder cross-head to driving wheel)
- Triebkopf
- Power car - on end of multiple unit
- Triebwagen
- Railcar
- Triebwerk
- "…werk" means a combination of components put together for a specific purpose. Power transmission.
1. engine of an airplane, 2. motor of a car, 3. system of rod(s) to transmit the power of a (steam) loco to driving and coupled axles.
- Trieb(wagen)zug
- Multiple unit
- U....
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- Uberhitzer
- Superheater
- Ubergangsbogen
- Junction curve
- UIC
- Union Internationale des Chemins de Fer - International Railway Union/Organisation.
- Umbau
- Rebuilt
- Umbaufahrzeug
- Rebuilt vehicle using the older underframe
- Umfahrungsgleis
- Loop line
am. Runaround, spur track
- V....
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- Verbandsbauart
- A type of goods wagon design standardised by the Deutschen Staatsbahnwagen-Verband (German Railway Wagon Assoc.)
- Verbindungsgleis
- Special track to interconnect two crossing mainlines otherwise not connected.
- Verbund
- Compound loco - a system whereby the steam from the boiler is used twice before being exhausted. High pressure (small) cylinders first, then the lower pressure (larger) cylinders. 2 and 3-cylinder compounds exist, 4-cylinders are more common.
96 022 is a (compound) Mallet. 18 484 is a 4-cylinder 2'C1'.
(You can actually see the tail rods for the inner cylinders just above one of the headlights)
- W....
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- Wagenumlauf
- Turnaround cycle
am. Turn
- Wannentender
- Bath-tub tender - a wartime austerity design
- Warmeschutz-Wagen
- Insulated wagon
- Warmeschutz-Verkleidung
- Heat insulation / cladding
- Waschluke
- Boiler washout plugs
- Wasserkasten
- Water space in the tender
- Wasserkran
- Water crane
- Wasserturm
- Water tower
- Weiche
- Point / turnout
am. Switch See appendix: Terms related to Points (am. Switches)
- Windleitbleche
- Smoke deflector
- X....
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- Y....
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- Z....
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- Zahnradbahn
- Rack (and pinion) railway
am. Cog railway
- Zahnradlokomotiven
- Rack (and pinion) locomotives
- Zentrale Betriebsleitung, ZBL
- Central control office (as in signalling)
am. CTC, central traffic control
- Zubehor
- Accessories
- Zugbeeinflussung
- Automatic train control
- Zughaken
- Coupling hook
- Zugzielanzeiger
- Destination display
- Zwergsignal
- Dwarf signal (placed between tracks)
- Zwischenwagen
- Intermediate coach
- Zylinder
- Cylinder
- Zylinderventile
- Cylinder drain cocks
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