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Bogie :: Bogie (n.) A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track..

Down :: Down (a.) Downward; going down; sloping; as, a down stroke; a down grade; a down train on a railway..

Wagon :: Wagon (n.) A freight car on a railway.

Guard :: Guard (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.

Cowcatxjer :: Cowcatxjer (n.) A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot..

Curve :: Curve (a.) A bending without angles; that which is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal..

Coupe :: Coupe (n.) The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways..

Air Brake :: Air brake () A railway brake operated by condensed air.

Corner :: Corner (n.) The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock..

Baggage Master :: Baggage master () One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel.

Telescope :: Telescope (a.) To slide or pass one within another, after the manner of the sections of a small telescope or spyglass; to come into collision, as railway cars, in such a manner that one runs into another..

Occurrence :: Occurrence (n.) A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision..

Junction :: "Junction (n.) The place or point of union, meeting, or junction; specifically, the place where two or more lines of railway meet or cross..

Chassis :: Chassis (n.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gun moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.].

Depot :: Depot (n.) A railway station; a building for the accommodation and protection of railway passengers or freight.

Van :: Van (n.) A close railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2..

Branch :: Branch (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway..

Dividend :: Dividend (n.) A sum of money to be divided and distributed; the share of a sum divided that falls to each individual; a distribute sum, share, or percentage; -- applied to the profits as appropriated among shareholders, and to assets as apportioned among creditors; as, the dividend of a bank, a railway corporation, or a bankrupt estate..

Post :: Post (n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post..

Chair :: Chair (n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.

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