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TRAIN CHASSE-NEIGE [1 record]

Record 1 2008-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rolling Stock (Railroads)
  • Railroad Maintenance
CONT

When a snow plow train is delivered a clearing bearing [the] notation "wire failure" ... it may follow after twenty minutes, running at restricted speed ...

OBS

snow plow: Any plowlike device or machine used to clear snow off a road, railroad, etc.

Key term(s)
  • snowplow train
  • snow plough train
  • snowplough train
  • snow-plough train

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel roulant (Chemins de fer)
  • Entretien (Équipement ferroviaire)
CONT

Quand un train chasse-neige reçoit une feuille de libération portant l'inscription «rupture de fils» [...], il peut poursuivre sa route après vingt minutes, mais il doit circuler à vitesse de marche à vue [...]

OBS

Pluriel : des chasse-neige ou des chasse-neiges.

OBS

chasse-neiges (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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