04:43 Feb 19, 2006 |
German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Railway Vehicles | |||||||
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5 | Towing / propelling (movements) |
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3 | towing/transferring operations |
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4 -1 | hauling/banking |
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towing/transferring operations Explanation: - |
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hauling/banking Explanation: pull-push is usually used to refer to passenger trainsets that can be worked from either end so you don't have to turn them round in dead-end stations Hauling is when the locomotive or power car is at the head of the train and is actually pulling it. Trains may be single or multiple headed. Banking is when the locomotive, etc. is at the end of the train and is pushing it along. Of course these operations may occur during shunting but also relate to the open track. From the little context you give, there is no reason to think that they are referring to shunting therefore My confidence is high but not "5" becauseit isdifficult to be sure when you haven't got the whole thing in front of you References: years working for railways |
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Towing / propelling (movements) Explanation: I'm continually translating railway and tram equipment texts where this term crops up. It means just this: if a unit fails anywhere out on the track, it has to be removed by a unit which can couple up to it. Depending on the layout, it may have to couple to the front or the rear of the defective unit and either tow it, or propel it, out of the way and into a refuge of some sort, so that normal traffic is no longer held up. The only exception to this would be where lorries can handle the job, but where track-guided multiple units units are concerned, the track is often "reserved" (i.e., for exclusive use by the rail/tramway, laid across grass) where lorries cannot get through. |
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