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English translation: ladder track


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German term or phrase:Gleisharfe
English translation:ladder track
Entered by: Johanna Timm, PhD
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21:57 Feb 15, 2004
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German term or phrase: Gleisharfe
In a railway document, the terms Weichenfeld and Gleisharfe appear as in a hump track (Ablaufberg): Im hinter dem A. liegendem Weichenfeld (Gleisharfe) werden die Wagen den Zügen zugeordnet; dies geschieht nur durch den Schwung der Wagen und der Stellung der Weichen.

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ladder track
Explanation:
Gleisharfe
Ein Gleis verzweigt sich über Weichen zu einer G. Die einzelnen Gleise der G. liegen meist parallel. G. findet man häufig in Rangierbahnhöfen



Gleisharfe: Yard tracks connected in ladder style or compound ladder style
http://www.martin-adler.org/Persoenl/Martin/Hobby/MaerkDic/E...

Ladder Track – A track connecting a number of parallel sidings or stubs in a yard or terminal.
(second link below)

Ladder Track
A series of turnouts providing access to any of several parallel yard tracks.
http://www.sdrm.org/faqs/defs.html


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5track harp
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4grid-iron siding
Radu Stefan
4ladder track
Johanna Timm, PhD


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ladder track


Explanation:
Gleisharfe
Ein Gleis verzweigt sich über Weichen zu einer G. Die einzelnen Gleise der G. liegen meist parallel. G. findet man häufig in Rangierbahnhöfen



Gleisharfe: Yard tracks connected in ladder style or compound ladder style
http://www.martin-adler.org/Persoenl/Martin/Hobby/MaerkDic/E...

Ladder Track – A track connecting a number of parallel sidings or stubs in a yard or terminal.
(second link below)

Ladder Track
A series of turnouts providing access to any of several parallel yard tracks.
http://www.sdrm.org/faqs/defs.html





    Reference: http://www.eisenbahn-webkatalog.de/lexikon/indexG.html
    Reference: http://www.hrtrains.com/glossery.html#L
Johanna Timm, PhD
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grid-iron siding


Explanation:
I found the translation in a site in double version German and English.

"...Eine besondere Herausforderung auch für die Konstruktion sind die Gleisharfen..."

"...A special challenge for designers: grid-iron sidings..."

Look at the links below.

Good luck.


    Reference: http://www.vossloh.de/de-DE/download/Vossloh_Inside_19_D.pdf
    Reference: http://www.vossloh.de/en-GB/download/Vossloh_Inside_19_GB.pd...
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track harp


Explanation:
Gleisharfe n sg f (Bahn) (z.B. am Ablaufberg) track harp n sg (Bahn) (e.g. under hump)

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Note added at 12 hrs 41 mins (2004-02-16 10:38:12 GMT)
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see also: http://www.brunel.de/broschuere_railmotive_en.pdf

N.B. It is important whether you are working into European or US English. (e.g. points (UK) are turnouts (US)

If you are targeting US then Johanna may well be right.

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