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5. Ditto for 'banking' v. 'pushing'....
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Banking is helping a train up a gradient as noted. On other occasions a train may be 'propelled', for example, a rescuing locomotive, approaching the rear of a failed train, could propel that train to clear the line.
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Originally Posted by terminologist
....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)....
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Overhead lines aren't switched in the UK and I'm not aware of any need for a winch.