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RAILWAY WORKERS TEMPORARY SETTLEMENT * |
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| A temporary settlement or shanty-town erected by railway construction workers or "navvys". |
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ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY ENGINE HOUSE * |
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| An engine house which used air pressure to power trains on the experimental atmospheric railways of the 1840s. |
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RAILWAY ENGINEERING WORKSHOP * |
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| An engineering workshop, often attached to an engine shed, for the running repairs of operational parts, etc. |
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UNDERGROUND RAILWAY STATION * |
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| A stopping place on an underground railway system where passengers can board and disembark from a train. |
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UNDERGROUND RAILWAY TUNNEL * |
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| A tunnel carrying a railway beneath the surface of the ground. |
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RAILWAY ENGINEERING WORKS * |
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| A large site specializing in the manufacture of locomotives. |
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RAILWAY ENGINEERING SITE * |
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| Buildings, sites and structures associated with the construction and maintenance of railways and rolling stock. |
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RAILWAY WORKERS COTTAGE * |
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| Purpose-built housing for railway workers. |
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RAILWAY CARRIAGE WORKS * |
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| An engineering site where railway carriages are manufactured. |
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RAILWAY CONTROL CENTRE * |
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| A building used to coordinate movement of railway engines and rolling stock in the event of war. |
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RAILWAY INCLINED PLANE * |
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| An embankment or cutting on a railway system, surfaced at a uniform gradient, up or down which materials were hauled by rope. |
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RAILWAY TRANSPORT SITE * |
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| Buildings, sites and structures associated with railway transport. |
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RAILWAY CARRIAGE SHED * |
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| A building used to house railway carriages. |
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RAILWAY LOOKOUT TOWER * |
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| A semaphore signalling tower on a railway. |
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RAILWAY TUNNEL PORTAL * |
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| An often stately or ornate entrance to a railway tunnel. |
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ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY * |
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| A railway worked by the propulsive force of compressed air or by the formation of a vacuum. |
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RAILWAY WAGON WORKS * |
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| Engineering works specializing in the production and maintenance of non-passenger carrying railway rolling stock. |
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UNDERGROUND RAILWAY * |
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| A railway which runs beneath the surface of the ground, eg. the London Underground Railway. |
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DECOY RAILWAY SITE * |
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| A system of lights, controlled fires or dummy constructions, used to simulate a railway yard or sidings and thus confuse enemy aircraft into bombing these counterfeit targets. |
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RAILWAY EMBANKMENT * |
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| A man-made ridge to carry a railway across a declivity or area subject to flooding. |
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RAILWAY STOREHOUSE * |
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| A small store building at a railway station for the storage of equipment and other stores associated with the railway. |
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FUNICULAR RAILWAY * |
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| A cable railway with ascending and descending cars counterbalanced. |
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MINIATURE RAILWAY * |
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| A small-scale railway, often for the transportation of children at a place of recreation. |
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RAILWAY TURNTABLE * |
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| A piece of machinery on which a railway engine, carriage or wagon can be rotated at a railway terminal. |
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RAILWAY WAREHOUSE * |
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| A large building, situated at a railway terminus, used for the temporary storage of goods or merchandise awaiting transportation to or from a railway. |
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COLLIERY RAILWAY * |
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| Railway constructed specifically for the movement of coal around the pithead of a coal mine. |
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DOCKYARD RAILWAY * |
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| A railway at a dockyard used for the transportation of goods to and from the dock side. |
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RAILWAY BUILDING * |
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| A building or structure of unknown function found on a railway. Use more specific type where known |
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RAILWAY CARRIAGE * |
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| Use for stationary railway carriage being used for a purpose it wasn't originally intended for - office, shelter, etc. |
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RAILWAY JUNCTION * |
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| A place where two or more railway lines meet. |
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RAILWAY PLATFORM * |
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| A raised floor along the side of a line at a railway station, for convenience in entering and alighting from a train. |
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RAILWAY WORKSHOP * |
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| An ancilliary workshop used for repairs, etc. |
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MINERAL RAILWAY * |
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| A railway used for the conveyance of coal and other minerals. |
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RAILWAY CUTTING * |
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| A man-made trough or valley through a hill, carrying at its base a railway. |
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RAILWAY STATION * |
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| A place where railway trains regularly stop for taking up and setting down passengers or for receiving goods for transport. |
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RAILWAY VIADUCT * |
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| A bridge, usually resting on raised arches, carrying a railway across low-lying land or water. |
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RAILWAY BRIDGE * |
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| A bridge carrying a railway track across a river, valley, road etc. |
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RAILWAY BUFFET * |
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| A small eating and drinking establishment or refreshment bar at a railway station for the use of passengers. |
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RAILWAY OFFICE * |
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| A building or room where railway tickets may be bought and administrative duties associated with a railway are conducted. |
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RAILWAY SIDING * |
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| A short piece of track lying parallel to the main railway line enabling trains and trucks to pass one another. Sidings can also be used to park trains which are not in use. |
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RAILWAY SIGNAL * |
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| A structure with semaphore arms and/or coloured lights used as a means of warning on railway systems. |
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RAILWAY STABLE * |
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| A stable located at a railway station or goods yard. Horses were necessary both for freight and passengers to continue their journey beyond the railway. |
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RAILWAY SYSTEM * |
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| An arrangement of railway tracks, stations and other buildings that together form a railway transport system. |
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RAILWAY TUNNEL * |
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| A tunnel running under a river or a hillside through which a railway line runs. |
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TARGET RAILWAY * |
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| A miniature railway on which targets can be placed to provide moving targets on a firing range. |
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CLIFF RAILWAY * |
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| A railway, usually by the sea, linking the beach with the cliff top. Various mechanisms were used the most common being that the cars were attached to a cable and winding drum and were balanced so that one travelled up, as the other came down. |
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RAILWAY HOTEL * |
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| A hotel adjacent to a railway terminus. Railway hotels were often owned by a railway company. |
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RAILWAY WORKS * |
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| An engineering works producing items for the railway other than rolling stock, such as signals, tracks, points, etc. |
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RAILWAY LIFT * |
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| A mechanically operated lift used to transfer rolling stock from one level of track to another. |
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RAILWAY * |
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| A line or track consisting of iron or steel rails, on which passenger carriages or goods wagons are moved, usually by a locomotive engine. |
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