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galled rail 
A rail that has been worn on
the underside at the point of contact with the chairs or baseplates.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: galled rails
CL Track and track components
BT damaged rail
gangers equipment
The tools and equipment used
by the permanent way ganger to enable him to carry out his duties.
Literary
warrant required.
Plural form: gangers equipment
CL Tools and equipment
BT <permanent way tools and equipment>
NT ballast fork
NT ballast pot
NT jim crow
NT keying hammer
NT permanent way hammer
NT pickaxe
NT rail ice scraper
NT spade
NT tamper (hand held)
NT track gauge
NT voidmeter
gangers hut
A cabin or hut situated
alongside the railway line for the use of railway permanent way staff.
Warrant: Gibbon, Richard H. BSc, FIMechE, CIEng, Head of Engineering
Collections, National Railway Museum, York
Plural form: gangers huts
USE permanent way hut
CL Built works and components
BT <route maintenance structures>
gangers length
The section of track
maintained by a ganger in charge of a permanent way gang.
Warrant: John
Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form: gangers lengths
CL Track and track components
BT <lines by maintenance>
gangway
A metal plate or deck
providing access between one carriage and another.
Warrant: The Railway
Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton
Publishing, 1996
Plural form: gangways
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <areas within vehicle body>
gangway area
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gangway areas
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <areas within vehicle body>
gangway component
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gangway components
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT access component
NT gangway faceplate
RT tailboard
gangway faceplate
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gangway faceplates
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT gangway component
gangwayed carriage
A railway carriage fitted
with connecting gangways to provide access to adjacent vehicles whilst the train
is in motion.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form:
gangwayed carriages
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <passenger carriages by internal layout/facilities>
gantry cross member
A horizontal section of
signal gantry of either steel or timber construction.
Warrant: Ray Towell,
Curator of Operations, National Railway Museum
Plural form: gantry cross
members
CL Control and communications
BT signal gantry component
gantry stanchion
A vertical support of a
signal gantry of either steel or timber construction.
Warrant: Ray Towell,
Curator of Operations, National Railway Museum
Plural form: gantry
stanchions
CL Control and communications
BT signal gantry component
gantry (signal)
A structure
supporting fixed signals, which usually extends across one or more railway
tracks.
Warrant: Encyclopedia of Railways, O S Nock, 1977
Plural form:
gantries
USE signal gantry
CL Control and communications
BT signal support component
gap
A break in continuity of
conductor rail.
Warrant: Encyclopedia of Railways, O S Nock, 1977
Plural
form: gaps
CL Track and track components
BT conductor rail equipment
gap jumper
A device used to restore the
traction supply to a train via the shed receptacle box in the event of the train
being 'gapped' (i.e. stalling due to its current collector shoe becoming
isolated from the conductor rails).
Warrant: LUL Jargon Buster
Plural
form: gap jumpers
CL Track and track components
BT conductor rail equipment
garden railway
Scope note required.
Warrant: The Garden Railway Manual, C J Freezer, Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1985
Plural form: garden railways
CL Railway types
BT miniature railway
RT miniature railway
RT model railway
garnish rail
A horizontal structural
member forming the inside bottom of a vehicle door window opening.
Warrant:
Railway Carriages and Wagons: Their design and construction (reprinted articles
from The Railway Engineer 1892-7), Sidney Stone, republished by Peter Kay, circa
1997 Fig 508.
Plural form: garnish rails
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT vehicle door framing
gas economiser wagon
A railway vehicle dedicated
to the carriage of gas economisers.
Literary warrant required.
Plural
form: gas economiser wagons
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <machinery, etc. carrying vehicles>
gas key
A standard key used for
unlocking the gas lamps in railway carriages in order to service and maintain
them.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gas keys
CL Tools and equipment
BT <on-train tools and equipment>
gas roof lamp
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gas roof lamps
UF roof lamp gas
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <artificial lighting components>
gas tank wagon
A tank wagon used for
transporting, storing and supplying gas for railway carriage lighting
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form: gas tank wagons
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <vehicles for stores and consumables>
gas turbine engine
Scope note required.
Warrant: Locomotives and Their Working, C R H Simpson & F B Roberts, Virtue
& Co Ltd, 1952
Plural form: gas turbine engines
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT engine
gas turbine locomotive
A locomotive driven by a gas
turbine, or jet engine driving a generator.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gas turbine locomotives
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <locomotives by power source>
gas turbine train
A train powered by gas
turbine propelled motive power.
Warrant: Locomotives and Their Working, C R
H Simpson & F B Roberts, Virtue & Co Ltd, 1952
Plural form: gas
turbine trains
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <trains by propulsion method>
gasworks locomotive
A locomotive designed for
use on gasworks tramways/railways, typically of reduced height.
Warrant:
Hunslet Engine Company Catalogues
Plural form: gasworks locomotives
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT industrial locomotive
gasworks railway
A private railway or siding
complex serving a gasworks company.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport
Trust
Plural form: gasworks railways
CL Railway types
BT industrial railway
gate box
A signal box with the sole
purpose of controlling a level crossing.
Warrant: The Railway Dictionary, An
A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996
Plural form: gate boxes
CL Control and communications
BT <control centres by function>
gate lamp
The warning lamp mounted on
the top crossbar of a level crossing gate.
Warrant: Ray Towell, Curator of
Operations, National Railway Museum
Plural form: gate lamps
CL Control and communications
BT level crossing gate component
gate lampcase
The outer casing of the
warning lamp mounted on the top crossbar of a level crossing gate.
Warrant:
Ray Towell, Curator of Operations, National Railway Museum
Plural form: gate
lampcases
CL Control and communications
BT level crossing gate lamp component
gate lock mechanism
Mechanism for locking level
crossing gates in the open or closed position.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gate lock mechanisms
CL Control and communications
BT <level crossing locking and detection equipment>
gate (level crossing)
A fabrication in
either timber or steel to prevent access to the railway during the passage of
trains.
Warrant: Ray Towell, Curator of Operations, National Railway Museum
Plural form: gates (level crossing)
USE level crossing gate
CL Control and communications
BT <level crossing gates, barriers, etc.>
gated level crossing
A level crossing protected
by gates.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gated level
crossings
CL Control and communications
BT <level crossings by physical protection>
gauge glass
A glass tube in the cab of a
steam locomotive which shows the height of the water in the boiler.
Warrant:
The Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan
Sutton Publishing, 1996
Plural form: gauge glasses
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <fuel and water controls and gauges>
gauge glass assembly
The glass columns and covers
and the brass fittings attached to the firebox backhead to indicate the level of
the water in the boiler.
Warrant: The Locomotive of Today, Locomotive
Publishing Company, 1927
Plural form: gauge glass assemblies
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <fuel and water controls and gauges>
gauge glass fitting
The brass fitting holding
the glass column indicating the level of the water in the boiler.
Warrant:
The Locomotive of Today, Locomotive Publishing Company, 1927
Plural form:
gauge glass fittings
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <fuel and water controls and gauges>
gauge glass lamp
A small oil lamp used to
illuminate the gauge glass in hours of darkness.
Warrant: The Locomotive of
Today, Locomotive Publishing Company, 1927
Plural form: gauge glass
lamps
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <fuel and water controls and gauges>
gauge glass tube
The glass tube fitted in the
gauge glass assembly showing the level of water in the boiler.
Warrant: The
Locomotive of Today, Locomotive Publishing Company, 1927
Plural form: gauge
glass tubes
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <fuel and water controls and gauges>
gauge lamp
A small lamp used to
illuminate the gauges in the cab of a locomotive in hours of darkness.
Warrant: Great Western Railway Drawing Registers
Plural form: gauge
lamps
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <fuel and water controls and gauges>
RT boiler assembly
gauge post
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gauge posts
CL Track and track components
BT <unidentified track>
gauge scale
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gauge scales
CL Unidentified
BT <unidentified terms>
gauge tie bar
A bar connecting the stock
rails in order to maintain the correct track gauge at turnouts, etc.
Warrant: Railway Permanent Way: Dimensional theory and practice, W Hepworth
& J T Lee, Chas Sever, 1922 p162.
Plural form: gauge tie bars
CL Track and track components
BT <cross ties>
general merchandise wagon
A wagon for the conveyance
of non-specific goods.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form: general merchandise wagons
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <rolling stock by load or function>
NT covered van
NT open goods wagon
<general operating tools and equipment>
Any object or machine used
in an occupation or industrial pursuit. Warrant: National Railway Museum
Plural form: <general operating tools and equipment>
CL Tools and equipment
BT <railway operating tools and equipment>
NT barrow
NT flag
NT high-visibility jacket
NT hydrometer
NT railwaymans bag
NT real time clock
NT safety barrier
NT <portable lamps and components>
general purpose track repair and maintenance
machine
A railway maintenance
vehicle and trailer which can carry rails and other materials plus workers to
and from the work site.
Warrant: On-track plant on British Railways, Roger
Butcher, Platform 5 Publishing Ltd, 4th edition, 1981, p13
Plural form:
general purpose track repair and maintenance machines
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <track maintenance vehicles>
<general test equipment>
Any machine, tool or
equipment used for testing the operation or efficiency of things. Warrant:
National Railway Museum
Plural form: <general test equipment>
CL Tools and equipment
BT <general tools and equipment>
NT micrometer
NT test lamp
NT test meter
NT test meter shunt
NT testing set 'Megger' resistance meter
NT wattmeter
<general tools and equipment>
Railway tools that are not
specific to any one department. Warrant: National Railway Museum
Plural
form: <general tools and equipment>
CL Tools and equipment
NT foot straight edge
NT pocket watch
NT steam fire pump
NT turning force tester
NT wheeled barrow
NT <access tools and equipment>
NT <general test equipment>
general utility van
A general purpose bogie
parcels van with both end and side door loading.
Warrant: John Robinson, The
Transport Trust
Plural form: general utility vans
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <mail, parcels, etc. carrying vehicles>
generator van
A covered vehicle containing
a generator.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form:
generator vans
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <power and heating vehicles>
Gibson machine
A conductor/guard operated
machine for issuing tickets printed from a blank paper roll.
Literary
warrant required.
Plural form: Gibson machines
CL Commercial records and equipment
BT ticket issuing machine
Giffards injector
A device for feeding water
into the boiler using steam pressure, invented by Giffard.
Warrant: The
Steam Engine and Other Heat Engines, Sir J Arthur Ewing, 1926
Plural form:
Giffords injectors
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT injector
girder trolley
A special freight
vehicle, usually part of a set, for carrying long and heavy loads such as
girders.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form: girder
trolleys
USE girder wagon
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <machinery, etc. carrying vehicles>
girder wagon
A specialised vehicle,
usually part of a set, for carrying long and heavy loads such as girders.
Warrant: Phil Atkins, National Railway Museum
Plural form: girder wagons
UF girder trolley
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <machinery, etc. carrying vehicles>
NT articulated girder wagon set
gland
A steam tight seal embracing
a piston rod or valve spindle.
Warrant: Great Western Railway Drawing
Registers
Plural form: glands
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <cylinders and associated components>
glass string
A heavy leather strap
used to lower, raise and secure a droplight.
Warrant: Railway Carriages and
Wagons: Their design and construction (reprinted articles from The Railway
Engineer 1892-7), Sidney Stone, republished by Peter Kay, circa 1997
Plural
form: glass strings
USE window strap
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT droplight component
glass wagon
A specialised vehicle
dedicated to the conveyance of plate glass.
Warrant: Phil Atkins, National
Railway Museum
Plural form: glass wagons
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <other special traffic vehicles>
glass (gauge)
A transparent gauge which
indicates the actual water level in a locomotive boiler.
Warrant: Great
Western Railway Drawing Registers
Plural form: glasses (gauge)
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <fuel and water controls and gauges>
RT boiler
goods avoiding line
A railway line diverging
from the main line to allow the passage of freight trains to avoid going through
a station.
Warrant: Gordon Reed, Permanent Way Institution
Plural form:
goods avoiding lines
CL Track and track components
BT avoiding line
goods brake van
A vehicle designed to allow
a hand brake or train brake of a goods train to be operated by a person other
than the driver.
Warrant: Lexique General de Termes Ferroviares, Union
Internationale des Chemins de Fer, 1975
Plural form: goods brake vans
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT brake van
NT Freightliner brake van
NT road van
NT tariff van
goods department travelling crane
A hand crane used for
unloading goods traffic in depots that do not have a fixed crane.
Warrant:
John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form: goods department travelling
cranes
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <travelling cranes by function>
goods invoice
A document demanding payment
for the carriage of goods.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: goods
invoices
CL Commercial records and equipment
BT <parcel and freight traffic accounting>
goods line
A line which has not been
signalled to the standards required for running passenger trains.
Warrant:
Railtrack Jargon Buster, 1999
Plural form: goods lines
CL Track and track components
BT <running lines by type of train>
goods shed
A building used for the
transfer of goods from one vehicle to another.
Warrant: Practical Railway
Operating, T B Hare, Modern Transport Publishing Company Ltd, 1931
Plural
form: goods sheds
CL Built works and components
BT <freight transhipment structures>
NT clearing house
NT holding shed
NT intercepting goods shed
goods station
A yard or depot dealing
entirely with goods traffic.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form: goods stations
CL Built works and components
BT <transhipment complexes>
goods waybill
A label attached to goods in
transit to indicate destination, consignee etc.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: goods waybills
CL Commercial records and equipment
BT <parcel and freight traffic accounting>
goods yard
Railway sidings where
full-load freight traffic is loaded/unloaded.
Warrant: John Robinson, The
Transport Trust
Plural form: goods yards
CL Built works and components
BT <transhipment complexes>
governor
A device for maintaining as
closely as possible a constant engine crankshaft speed over long periods during
which the load on the engine may vary.
Warrant: Encyclopedia of Railways, O S
Nock, 1977
Plural form: governors
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <engine components>
NT mechanical governor
grab handle
The handle on a railway
vehicle door by which the door is opened.
Warrant: Phil Atkins, National
Railway Museum
Plural form: grab handles
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <foot and hand holds>
grabrail
The hand-hold on the side or
end of a vehicle to facilitate passengers or staff leaving or entering the
vehicle.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form:
grabrails
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <foot and hand holds>
gradient
A slope or inclination to
the horizontal of a railway in the direction of travel.
Warrant: Locomotives
and Their Working, C R H Simpson & F B Roberts, Virtue & Co Ltd, 1952
Plural form: gradients
CL Built works and components
BT <route by inclination, etc.>
gradient board
A lineside board on which
the gradient of the line is marked.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport
Trust
Plural form: gradient boards
CL Built works and components
BT <signs and markers>
gradient post
A lineside sign indicating
whether a gradient is up, down or level and its measure/inclination, usually
shown on arms pointing in each direction.
Warrant: The Railway Dictionary, An
A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996
Plural form: gradient posts
CL Built works and components
BT <signs and markers>
grain hopper wagon
A covered hopper
wagon for the conveyance of grain in bulk.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: grain hopper wagons
USE bulk grain wagon
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <cereal carrying vehicles>
RT hopper wagon
grain van
A covered hopper wagon
for the conveyance of grain in bulk.
Literary warrant required.
Plural
form: grain vans
USE bulk grain wagon
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <cereal carrying vehicles>
RT hopper wagon
granite ballast
A type of stone sometimes
used for ballasting the permanent way.
Warrant: Alan Blower, Permanent Way
Institution
Plural form: granite ballast
CL Track and track components
BT ballast
grate
The base of the firebox upon
which the fire rests.
Warrant: Lexique General de Termes Ferroviares, Union
Internationale des Chemins de Fer, 1975
Plural form: grates
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT firebox component
NT drop grate
NT rocking grate
gravel pit railway
A light railway used to
carry gravel from a quarry.
Warrant: Industrial Railways of the South-East,
I Dean et al, The Middleton Press, 1984
Plural form: gravel railways
CL Railway types
BT quarry railway
gravity railway
A railway built on a
gradient such as to allow trains to travel downhill by gravity alone, trains
usually being hauled back uphill by horses.
Warrant: Festiniog Railway
Gravity Trains, P Johnson, Festiniog Railway Heritage Group, 1986
Plural
form: gravity railways
CL Railway types
BT <stationary traction source>
grease axlebox
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: grease axleboxes
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT axlebox
grease dispenser
A container with an outlet
and pumping mechanism for applying grease to axle boxes and other moving part of
machinery and railway vehicles.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form:
grease dispensers
CL Tools and equipment
BT lubrication equipment
grease separator drip valve
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: grease separator drip valves
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <water feed components>
RT exhaust steam injector
Gresham Dreadnought ejector
A vacuum brake ejector, made
by Gresham & Craven.
Warrant: Locomotives, their construction,
maintenance and operation, A Morton Bell, Virtue & Co Ltd, 1946
Plural
form: Gresham Dreadnought ejectors
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT ejector
Gresham locomotive steam standing apparatus
A device for directing sand
under steam pressure in to the rail in order to enhance adhesion.
Warrant:
Locomotive Management, 10th edition, J T Hodgson& C S Lake, revised by W B
Oaten, Tothill Press, 1954
Plural form: Gresham locomotive steam standing
apparatus
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT sanding gear
Gresham vertical combination injector
An injector incorporating
the steam cock, warning cock and shut off cock in a single fitting, manufactured
by Gresham & Craven.
Warrant: The Locomotive of Today, Locomotive
Publishing Company, 1927
Plural form: Gresham vertical combination
injectors
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT injector
gridiron
A fan of sidings in a
marshalling yard, usually gravity worked (obsolete railway slang).
Warrant:
The Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan
Sutton Publishing, 1996
Plural form: gridirons
CL Built works and components
BT marshalling yard
gripper brake
Scope note required.
Warrant: Great Western Railway Drawing Registers
Plural form: gripper
brakes
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT brake
ground disc
A small shunting signal at
ground level.
Warrant: Railtrack Jargon Buster, 1999
Plural form: ground
discs
CL Control and communications
BT disc signal
ground frame
A small lever frame, usually
mounted at ground level, used to work little used connections at locations
remote from the signal box.
Warrant: Railtrack Jargon Buster, 1999
Plural form: ground frames
CL Control and communications
BT <lever frames by location>
RT shunting frame
ground position light signal
A position light signal
mounted at ground level.
Warrant: The History & Development of Railway
Signalling in the British Isles, Friends of the National Railway Museum
Plural form: ground position light signals
CL Control and communications
BT position light signal
ground shunt signal
A shunting signal mounted at
ground level.
Warrant: The History & Development of Railway Signalling
in the British Isles, Friends of the National Railway Museum
Plural form:
ground shunt signals
CL Control and communications
BT shunting signal
ground signal
Any type of signal placed at
ground level to control movements in sidings or shunting.
Warrant: The
Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton
Publishing, 1996
Plural form: ground signals
UF dod
UF dolly
UF dummy
CL Control and communications
BT shunting signal
ground signal lamp
The removable paraffin lamp
used for illuminating ground signals.
Warrant: Ray Towell, Curator of
Operations, National Railway Museum
Plural form: ground signal lamps
CL Control and communications
BT signal lamp
ground signal lamp case
The outer casing for the
removable paraffin lamp used for illuminating ground signals.
Warrant: Ray
Towell, Curator of Operations, National Railway Museum
Plural form: ground
signal lamp cases
CL Control and communications
BT signal lamp component
guard iron
A steel arm suspended in
front of the wheels of a railway vehicle to prevent small obstructions getting
under the wheels and derailing it.
Warrant: Railway Technical Web Pages,
Piers Connor, 2000
Plural form: guard irons
UF life guard
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <track clearing components>
guard rail
An additional rail
placed inside and parallel to running rails to guide wheel flanges at road and
rail crossings, viaducts, bridges and curves to ensure that the wheels stay on
the rail.
Warrant: The Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology,
Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996
Plural form: guard rails
USE check rail
CL Track and track components
BT <rails by function>
guards bag
A bag supplied by the
railway company to the railway guard to carry the tools and equipment required
for him to carry our his duties.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form:
guards bags
CL Tools and equipment
BT guards equipment
guards equipment
The tools and equipment used
by the railway guard to enable him to carry out his duties.
Literary warrant
required.
Plural form: guards equipment
CL Tools and equipment
BT <on-train tools and equipment>
NT guards bag
NT guards flag
NT guards handlamp
NT guards watch
NT guards whistle
RT <driver/guard communication systems>
guards flag
A coloured flag used by the
railway guard to signal the driver to start or stop the train. Red is used to
stop the train, green is used to start the train.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: guards flags
CL Tools and equipment
BT guards equipment
guards handlamp
A handlamp carried by the
railway guard used for giving hand signals in poor light, usually capable of
showing red, green and white light.
Literary warrant required.
Plural
form: guards handlamps
UF guards lamp
CL Tools and equipment
BT guards equipment
guards lamp
A handlamp carried by
the railway guard used for giving hand signals in poor light, usually capable of
showing red, green and white light.
Literary warrant required.
Plural
form: guards lamps
USE guards handlamp
CL Tools and equipment
BT guards equipment
guards watch
A timepiece carried by the
guard to ensure thathe performs his duties in accordance with the railway
timetable and keeps the train running to time.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: guards watches
CL Tools and equipment
BT guards equipment
guards whistle
An audible device used by
guards to inform of a hazard or instruct driver to depart.
Literary warrant
required.
Plural form: guards whistles
CL Tools and equipment
BT guards equipment
guide lever
Scope note required.
Warrant: Orenstein and Koppel Patent No. 104045
Plural form: guide
levers
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT valve gear component
gulley rail
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gulley rails
CL Track and track components
BT plate rail
gully rail
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: gully rails
CL Track and track components
BT plate rail
gun set
A set of special freight
vehicles designed to carry heavy gun barrels.
Warrant: John Robinson, The
Transport Trust
Plural form: gun sets
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <machinery, etc. carrying vehicles>
gunpowder van
A railway van used for the
carriage of gunpowder, usually constructed of steel for strength, safety and
security.
Warrant: British Railways Wagons - the first half million, D P
Rowland, David & Charles, 1985
Plural form: gunpowder vans
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <other special traffic vehicles>
gunpowder van boot
A wooden soled boot worn by
personnel working in or near gunpowder carrying vehicles.
Warrant: National
Railway Museum
Plural form: gunpowder van boots
CL Tools and equipment
BT <on-train tools and equipment>
gunpowder van key
A security key used to lock
vehicles carrying explosives.
Warrant: John Robinson, The Transport Trust
Plural form: gunpowder van keys
CL Tools and equipment
BT <carriage and wagon tools and equipment>
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