Sentence examples for switch rails from inspiring English sources

He knelt down and crawled from the switch rails to the frog of the crossover, sliding his hand along the running surface and the head of the rail and feeling for possible corrugations or dents, or burrs shaved off by the wheels of the locomotives.

The NAND logic gates switch rail-to-rail with a transition point of VDD/2.

For freight traffic in the diverging route, the influence of rail inclination and switch rail elevation on damage in the switch panel is investigated in a demonstration example.

He had noticed that, when a heavy train passes over, a well-greased switch rail has some play, as if swimming in the grease.

In agreement with field observations, it is concluded that wear is the dominating damage mechanism on the gauge side of the switch rail while the risk for RCF is higher on the crowns of the switch and stock rails.

The plane line type involves design requirements for plane line type, plane line type of transition lead curve and switch rail, clearances, and turnout geometry sizes.

Two-point contact situations with one contact on the switch rail and one on top of the stock rail induce relative motion and slip between wheel and rail leading to high energy dissipation.

The major commuter railroads -- Metro-North, the Long Island Rail Road and New Jersey Transit -- all began de-icing switches, rails, power rails and overhead catenaries last night.

The Yankees switched from rails to roads, and Game 3 at Yankee Stadium could have another change.

Book round-trip to a gateway city -- Amsterdam, Paris or London -- then switch to rail travel (with a Eurail pass), or to a no-frills European airline.

And as mentioned above, Labour threw just one piddling crumb to cyclists: We will encourage more people to switch to rail with an enforceable right to the cheapest fare, while trebling the number of secure cycle storage spaces at rail stations.