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RAIL SOUTIEN [2 records]

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Record 1 1982-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Switchgear (Rail Transport)
OBS

FIST A rail designed to prevent a worn wheel tread from striking the head of a running rail of a frog or crossing. The easer rail is so machined that its head, fits against the outside of the head of the running rail and is so bent as to gradually lift a worn wheel thread to the elevation of the top of the running rail so that it may pass over this rail. (MOWA 21, 129).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de voie (Transport par rail)
OBS

VOC. Champagne p. 20.

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stationary Equipment (Railroads)
OBS

roofing post: term officially approved by CP Rail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel fixe (Chemins de fer)
OBS

poteau de soutien des toits : terme uniformisé par CP Rail.

Spanish

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