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Gleisbogen

English translation: dismantled curved trackbed


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German term or phrase:Gleisbogen
English translation:dismantled curved trackbed
Entered by: arne_marko
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12:33 Jun 4, 2007
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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / railway
German term or phrase: Gleisbogen
From an Environmental Due Diligence Report (Umweltgutachten):
"...das Flurstück 120 (ehemaliger Gleisbogen)..."
Arne
dismantled curved trackbed
Explanation:
The fact that it's "ehemalig" means that the track has been removed...
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David Moore
Local time: 10:38
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2dismantled curved trackbedDavid Moore
4curved trackcasper
3bend, curve in the trackxxxCMJ_Trans


  

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bend, curve in the track


Explanation:
my doubt is that I don't see the point

xxxCMJ_Trans
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ehemaliger Gleisbogen
dismantled curved trackbed


Explanation:
The fact that it's "ehemalig" means that the track has been removed...

David Moore
Local time: 10:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 705

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agree  Andrew D: as the track has been dismatled (a while ago) only the form of the curved track, the trackbed is left, imo gleiskurve refers mainly to the gemometric form of the track i.e. the plot
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agree  Rebecca Garber
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curved track


Explanation:
Untersuchungen zum Schädigungsverhalten von Schienen in einem ***Gleisbogen*** (Studies of rail damage behaviour on ***curved track***)
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/1801180

There's a picture of a 'Gleisbogen' here with the following legend:
184 m Länge und 10 obere sowie 5 untere Bögen zeichnen den mächtgsten Kunstbau der Semmeringbahn aus. In diesem Abschnitt wird ein ***Gleisbogen*** von insgesamt 180 ° befahren (5/2003).
http://www.ebepe.com/html/semmering_2.html

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Changes made by editors
Jun 4, 2007 - Changes made by Steffen Walter:
Field (specific)Engineering (general) => Transport / Transportation / Shipping
Jun 4, 2007 - Changes made by ntext:
LevelNon-PRO => PRO


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