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1Chelford rail accident — Date and time 22 December 1894 : 1644 Location Chelford, Cheshire Rail line London and North Western Railway Cause Wind blew waggon onto tracks Trains 2 …
2DB Schenker Rail (UK) — EWS redirects here, for other uses see EWS (disambiguation) 1995 2009 English, Welsh and Scottish Railway 2009 present DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd. Industry Rail freight Predecessor British Rail Founded 1995 Headquarters Doncaster, Eng …
3shunt — [[t]ʃʌ̱nt[/t]] shunts, shunting, shunted 1) VERB: usu passive (disapproval) If a person or thing is shunted somewhere, they are moved or sent there, usually because someone finds them inconvenient. [be V ed prep/adv] He has spent most of his life …
4East Kent Light Railway — The East Kent Light Railway was part of the Colonel Stephens group of cheaply built rural light railways in England. Holman Fred Stephens was engineer from its inception, subsequently becoming director and manager. The line ran from Shepherdswell …
5Classification yard — North Yard in Denver, Colorado, a typical U.S. classification yard in 2009 …
6Railroad engineer — A railroad engineer, railway engineer, locomotive engineer, train operator, train driver or engine driver is a person who operates a railroad locomotive and train. The engineer is the person in charge of and responsible for the locomotive(s). He… …
7List of rail accidents (pre-1950) — For a list of 1950 1999 rail accidents, see List of 1950 1999 rail accidents.For a list of post 2000 rail accidents, see List of rail accidents. notoc Pre 1830 1815 * 1815, exact date unclear ndash; Philadelphia, Co Durham, England: 16 people,… …
8Variable gauge axles — (VGA) are axles that allow railway vehicles to pass from tracks of one rail gauge to a different gauge. Variable gauge axles are used to allow the running of trains between Spain and France, Europe and Russia, Kazakhstan and China, and Mongolia… …
9Penistone rail accidents — Over the latter years of the 19th and early years of the 20th centuries Penistone in Yorkshire gained a name as an accident black spot on Britain s railway network, indeed it could be said to hold the title of the worst accident black spot in the …
10Drax power station — Viewed from the east in October 2007 …
