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Q train
A special train with British
Transport Police on board used to combat trespass and vandalism.
Warrant:
Railtrack London & North Eastern, A Glossary of Railway Terms, October 1998
Plural form: Q trains
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT passenger train
Q type relay
A plug-in relay designed by
Westinghouse to fail-safe signalling standards.
Warrant: LUL Jargon Buster
Plural form: Q type relays
CL Control and communications
BT Automatic Train Protection (ATP) equipment
RT relay
quadricycle
A four wheeled pedal or
lever operated light railway vehicle used by track maintenance staff.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: quadricycles
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <personnel transport>
qualified take over certificate
The certificate issued by
the Project Manager at the time that the train or works or a portion thereof is
accepted by the Project Manager as fit for service subject to the qualifications
detailed on the certificate.
Warrant: LUL Jargon Buster
Plural form:
qualified take over certificates
CL Commercial records and equipment
BT <administration>
quarry railway
Scope note required.
Warrant: The Cliffe Hill Mineral Railway, M H Billington, Plateway Press, 2nd
Edition, 1997
Plural form: quarry railways
CL Railway types
BT mineral railway
NT chalk quarry railway
NT gravel pit railway
NT limestone quarry railway
NT sand railway
NT slate quarry railway
NT stone quarry railway
quarter light
A fixed light flanking the
doors of compartment stock. Also found in open saloons with doors opening
directly into the seating area.
Warrant: The Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of
Railway Terminology, Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996
Plural
form: quarter lights
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT light (vehicle window)
quarter light pillar
The vertical pillar forming
the side of the quarter light furthest from the door 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.
Plural form: quarter light pillars
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT window component (vehicle)
RT standing pillar
quick acting triple valve
Three function valve which
applies the brake, holds the application at a constant level and releases and
recharges the brake system, which operates rapidly on emergency application.
Warrant: Lexique General de Termes Ferroviares, Union Internationale des Chemins
de Fer, 1975
Plural form: quick acting triple valves
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <brake controls>
quick-release hook
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: quick-release hooks
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT drawbar hook
quick-release valve
Scope note required.
Literary warrant required.
Plural form: quick-release valves
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <unattributed vehicle components>
quill drive
A form of drive for electric
locomotives which uses a hollow sleeve or quill connected to the driving wheel
by springs.
Warrant: The Railway Dictionary, An A-Z of Railway Terminology,
Alan A Jackson, Alan Sutton Publishing, 1996
Plural form: quill drives
CL Vehicles and vehicle components
BT <power transmission components>
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