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Terms that make the trains run

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trolley
a train car traveling on an overhead track.
caboose
n
a car on a freight train, used chiefly as the crew's quarters and usually attached to the rear of the train.
boxcar
a completely enclosed freight car.
roundhouse
n
a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
trestle
one of a number of beams, having sloping sides of framework or piling, for supporting the deck or stringers of a bridge.
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hopper car
a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that cargo can be emptied through its bottom.
monorail
n
a single rail functioning as a track for wheeled vehicles, as railroad or other cars, balanced upon or suspended from it.
gauge
the distance between the inner edges of the heads of the rails in a track.
porter
n
an attendant in a railroad parlor car or sleeping car.
fireman
n
a person employed to fire and lubricate a steam locomotive.
brakeman
n
a railroad worker who assists the conductor in the operation of a train.
conductor
n
an employee on a bus, train, or other public conveyance, who is in charge of the conveyance and its passengers, collects fares or tickets, etc.
hobo
someone who rides on trains without paying.
flatcar
n
a railroad car consisting of a platform without sides or top.
gondola car
n
an open railroad freight car with low sides, for transporting bulk freight and manufactured goods.
handcar
n
a small railroad car or platform on four wheels propelled by a mechanism worked by hand used on some railroads for inspecting tracks and transporting workers.
signalman
a person whose occupation or duty is signaling on a railroad.
switch
n
a track structure for diverting moving trains or rolling stock from one track to another, commonly consisting of a pair of movable rails.
third rail
a rail next to the running rails of an electrified railroad to provide electric current to the motors of a car or locomotive.
tie
closely spaced beams, usually of wood, for holding the rails forming a track at the proper distance from each other.

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