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Originally Posted by terminologist
Hi,
I'm new to the site, so apologies if I've posted this in the wrong forum.
I'm trying to come up with the correct terms for the following - if anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.
1. A diesel railcar which also has its own heating unit. Heat-engine railcar? Heat-engine traction unit?
2. Railcar - is that the right term, or is motor coach/motor car better?
3. Multiple heading v. multiple traction - which is better?
4. Are the terms 'hauled', 'towed' and 'pulled' interchangeable, or is there a preference for a particular one?
5. Ditto for 'banking' v. 'pushing'.
6. A locomotive that recovers a train from the track - recovery locomotive, breakdown locomotive or emergency locomotive?
7. The name for a trackside winch unit (housed in a cabinet) which is used to manually operate switches/section insulators on an overhead line (may be obsolete technololgy, I'm not sure).
Sorry for the odd jumble of questions. If anyone can help, that would be fantastic!
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OK
I'll try some off them
1/ - ????? don't understand the term ALL multiple units have heating /or air con
2/ Railcar is an OLD term (pre 1960's) for a single car unit (a Coach with driving cabs and motor or pick-ups) a single car of the multiple Unit type also called
Bubble Car
3/ Multiple header - - is more than one power unit of the same type ie. diesel or Electric
Not heard of multiple power being used too often but it would be Diesel AND Electric working together but you normally see an electric loco being hauled by a diesel
4/ Hauled is the term ther others do not normally get used on UK railways
5/ Banking always this designates a train being given extra help up an incline by a loco at the rear slowly approaching it then applying power slowly to assist it to the top
6/ Now-a-days the term Thunderbird is used since Virgin had a fleet of Class 57 loco's named after the characters from the TV puppet series Thunderbirds
7/ Where have you been ??? you mean a
Signal box what a very strange question but some of the items you question were never housed in them