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THE VOCABULARY OF TRAINS

Aboard, All Aboard

Agent

Ash-box

Axle

Barrier, Ticket Barrier

Bed, Engine-bed

Belt-line

Brakeman

Bogie

Boiler, Boiler Room

Steam Boiler

Booking

Booster

Signal Box

Emergency Brake

Branch, Branch-line

Break-down Gang

Coupling Buffer

Baggage Car, Flat Car, Observation Car,

Passenger Car, Refrigerator Car, Stock Car,Rail Car, Sleeping Car, Track Inspection

Car, Parlour Car, Tank Car, Cattle Car,

Dining Car, Freight Car, Luncheon Car,

Mail Car, Observation Car, Wood Chip Car

Caboose

Carrying Capacity

Chain-coupling

Check-room

Luggage Check

Chug

Cinder

Claims

Class

Coach

Coach Porter

Coal

Signal Code

Cog-rail

Collect, Collect Telegram

Commute, Commuter

Compartment

Concourse

Conductor

Consignment

Corridor

Car Coupler

Coupling

Crew

Crossing

Depot

Derail

Detrain to

Detraining

Diesel Locomotive

Dispatch toDolly

Elevated Railway

Emergency Brake

Excess Luggage

Excursion

Express Delivery

Flagman

First-class

Fire Box

Coal Firing

Fireman

Flag a Train

Foreman

Freight

Funnel

Furnace

Gang Foreman

Source: ³Railway Vocabulary English-French´ Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 2nd

edition. (Montreal: Department of Public Relations & Advertising, 1966)

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Night-watchman

Northbound

Rolling Stock

Offload

Piggyback Service, Flat Car Platform

Pullman Car

Parcel

Rack

Guard Rail

Ramp

Railwayman

Red Cap (Porter)

Return Journey, Return Ticket

Reversing SwitchRight of Way

Seating Capacity

Shackle (a coach onto a train)

Freight Shed, Engine Shed

Shunt Line (line to garage, siding or

branch-line)

Siding (line to garage for servicing)

Signal, Signalman

Smoking Compartment

Southbound

Full SpeedSpurline (sideline)

Getting Up Steam, Keep Up Steam, Blow

Off Steam, At Full Steam

Stoker

Stowing

Suburban Train

Switchboard

Terminal, Terminus

Gate-keeper

Rolling Gates, Sliding Gates, Lifting Gates,

Swing Gate

Goods TrainGrade

Gradient

Half-fare

Hand Brake

Hauling

Headlight

Hose

Ice-car

Behind Time, Running Late

Incoming Train

Initial Station

Insulated Car, Insulated Heated Box Car

Interchange

Interlocking

Interval

Ironwork

Jump a Train

Lamp-man

Lavatory

Level Crossing

On the LevelLever Switch, Lever-man

Lineman

Full Load, Partial Load

Locomotive

Mail Bag

Main Line

Narrow Guage Railway

Normal Guage Railway

Newspring Car

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