Railroad Parts, Practices, and Argot


 * adverse
 * air brake
 * air pump
 * alley
 * alleyway
 * apron
 * atmospheric brake
 * automatic air brake
 * baggage room
 * bail
 * ballast
 * ball the jack
 * barn
 * berth
 * blasting
 * Blenkinsop rack
 * blizzard lights
 * block signal
 * block system
 * slue flag
 * board
 * boiler
 * brake club
 * broad gauge
 * bug
 * bumper
 * bunk
 * cab
 * Casey Jones
 * cattle guard
 * catwalk
 * cinder
 * cinder pit
 * clinker
 * clinker hook
 * commutation ticket
 * consist
 * couchette
 * coupler
 * cowcatcher
 * crossing
 * crosstie
 * crown
 * cupola
 * dead freight
 * deck
 * depot
 * derailing
 * dirt track
 * ditch
 * division
 * drawbar
 * drop bottom
 * em
 * embankment
 * engine cab
 * extra
 * ferrophiliac
 * flag
 * flange
 * frog
 * full stroke
 * full throttle
 * gangway
 * gantlet
 * gantry
 * gare
 * gate
 * gauge
 * glory road
 * go light
 * grab iron
 * grade
 * gravy train
 * green flag
 * green light
 * highball
 * hitch
 * hobo
 * hump
 * hump yard
 * indicator
 * ingersoll
 * iron
 * iron horse
 * jerkwater
 * jill pole
 * Johnson bar
 * joint
 * journal
 * junction
 * key
 * ladder
 * lantern
 * layover
 * library
 * marker
 * merry-go-round
 * Morse code
 * mudhole
 * mule
 * narrow gauge
 * off-peak
 * on the advertised
 * on the carde
 * order
 * paddle
 * pass
 * pick up
 * pile
 * pilot
 * pin
 * pod
 * point
 * quill
 * rack rail
 * rail
 * rail anchor
 * railroading
 * railway bridge
 * ridet eh bumpers
 * right of way
 * roadbed
 * roadway
 * rods
 * roomette
 * roundhouse
 * round trip
 * run
 * runaway
 * runaway unit
 * saddle
 * sand dome
 * scoop
 * semaphore
 * service application
 * sidedoor
 * sidetrack
 * siding
 * signal
 * smokestack
 * snowfence
 * snowshed
 * span
 * spar
 * spot
 * spur
 * stack
 * stake
 * standard gauge
 * stateroom
 * station
 * steam brake
 * steam stop
 * stroke
 * stub
 * switch
 * switcback
 * switching
 * switch shanty
 * switch tower
 * switch yard
 * tack take water
 * tank town
 * telegraph
 * telltale
 * temporary track
 * terminal terminus
 * third rail
 * throat
 * throttle
 * ticket punch
 * tie
 * timetable
 * tonnage
 * trackage
 * track layer
 * track pan
 * tracks
 * transfer table
 * trap
 * trestle
 * turnout
 * turntable
 * undercarriage
 * valve gear
 * Wabash
 * waiting room
 * walkway
 * washout
 * way bill
 * way station
 * Westinghouse
 * Wheel base
 * Whistle
 * Whistle stop
 * Whyte classification
 * wigwag
 * wye
 * yard
 * zulu car