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THE VOCABULARY OF TRAINS

Source: “Railway Vocabulary English-French” Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 2nd
edition. (Montreal: Department of Public Relations & Advertising, 1966) from
Archives at St. Constant

Aboard, All Aboard Coal

Agent Signal Code
Ash-box Cog-rail
Axle Collect, Collect Telegram
Barrier, Ticket Barrier Commute, Commuter
Bed, Engine-bed Compartment
Belt-line Concourse
Brakeman Conductor
Bogie Consignment
Boiler, Boiler Room Corridor
Steam Boiler Car Coupler
Booking Coupling
Booster Crew
Signal Box Crossing
Emergency Brake Depot
Branch, Branch-line Derail
Break-down Gang Detrain to
Coupling Buffer Detraining
Baggage Car, Flat Car, Observation Car, Diesel Locomotive
Passenger Car, Refrigerator Car, Stock Car, Dispatch to
Rail Car, Sleeping Car, Track Inspection Dolly
Car, Parlour Car, Tank Car, Cattle Car, Elevated Railway
Dining Car, Freight Car, Luncheon Car, Emergency Brake
Mail Car, Observation Car, Wood Chip Car Excess Luggage
Caboose Excursion
Carrying Capacity Express Delivery
Chain-coupling Flagman
Check-room First-class
Luggage Check Fire Box
Chug Coal Firing
Cinder Fireman
Claims Flag a Train
Class Foreman
Coach Freight
Coach Porter Funnel
Furnace
Gang Foreman
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Gate-keeper
Rolling Gates, Sliding Gates, Lifting Gates,
Swing Gate
Goods Train
Grade
Gradient
Half-fare
Hand Brake
Hauling
Headlight
Hose Night-watchman
Ice-car Northbound
Behind Time, Running Late Rolling Stock
Incoming Train Offload
Initial Station Piggyback Service, Flat Car
Insulated Car, Insulated Heated Box Car Platform
Interchange Pullman Car
Interlocking Parcel
Interval Rack
Ironwork Guard Rail
Jump a Train Ramp
Lamp-man Railwayman
Lavatory Red Cap (Porter)
Level Crossing Return Journey, Return Ticket
On the Level Reversing Switch
Lever Switch, Lever-man Right of Way
Lineman Seating Capacity
Full Load, Partial Load Shackle (a coach onto a train)
Locomotive Freight Shed, Engine Shed
Mail Bag Shunt Line (line to garage, siding or
Main Line branch-line)
Narrow Guage Railway Siding (line to garage for servicing)
Normal Guage Railway Signal, Signalman
Newspring Car Smoking Compartment
Southbound
Full Speed
Spurline (sideline)
Getting Up Steam, Keep Up Steam, Blow
Off Steam, At Full Steam
Stoker
Stowing
Suburban Train
Switchboard
Terminal, Terminus
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Tie Different Kinds of Trains:

Track, Sidetrack (on track)
Trolley, Trolley Bus Local Train
Troop Train Express Train
Tunnel
Uncouple Light Railway
Valid
Circle Line
Valve
Waiting Room Elevated Railway
Steam Whistle
Wicket Funicular
Wrecking Crew
Mountain Railway
Wrecked Train
Railway Yard, Marshalling Yard Scenic Railway

Tube Train

Metro Train

Subway Train

Underground Railway

Underground Railroad (escaped slave

route)