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Trainz Wordz - A Trainz Glossary

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Introduction

Reliable information regarding the multitude of mergers and acquisitions of US railroads is not easily obtained. Sources often tend to be vague or contradictory. As a result, some of the relevant information presented here may be incorrect or incomplete.

Please do not be put off Trainz, or railway simulation in general, by the length and complexity of this glossary. I have attempted to be fairly comprehensive here and this web page is intended to be used mainly as a reference. You most definitely do not need to know or remember all these terms in order to use and enjoy the program. Many terms refer to advanced features of Trainz which you can explore, if you wish, after becoming familiar with the basics.

A prefix at the start of the definition of each term indicates its context, as follows:

• COMPUTERS indicates a general computer-related term. In this glossary, I concentrate on general computer-related terms that you are likely to encounter in Trainz. My full PC and Internet glossary is available here.

• MODEL RAILWAYS indicates a term used in the worlds of model railways.

• RAILWAY SIMULATORS indicates a term used in computer railway simulation but not specifically in Trainz. My reviews of simulation programs of all types are available here.

• RAILWAYS indicates a term used in real railways. Many of these terms are also used in Trainz with the same meanings.

• TRAINZ indicates a term used exclusively in any version of Auran's Trainz Railway Simulator program, or in very close relation to Trainz (such as a third-party utility for Trainz).

This glossary is mainly oriented towards Auran's Trainz Railway Simulator 2004 (TRS2004), since that is the version of Trainz that I own. However, there is also some mention of the other older versions of Trainz. Because I live in Britain, I use British spelling and in some cases there is a bias towards British railway terminology. I should also mention that I came to Trainz with some knowledge of computers but virtually no knowledge of railways.

Some of the railway companies listed here may be defunct. In many cases, the tracks built by a defunct company still exist and are still in use. Some sections of track, especially in the USA, are still commonly referred to by the name of the railroad company which originally constructed them.

A few of the companies listed here are fictional, or the name of a railway, model railway, or railway simulation computer program-related company or web site but not an actual railway company.

The lists of railroads which use various types of locomotives are almost certainly not complete and very largely historical. Some of these entries may be fictitious combinations of real locomotives and real railroads, created by railway simulator computer program content creators.

My thanks to everyone who provided information which has eventually found its way into entries in this glossary. My apologies for not acknowledging these sources but in most cases I deleted the source material before deciding to create this glossary, and therefore no longer have any record of the names. Also, my apologies if I have misinterpreted any of this information.

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A

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oo OOO o (etc)

The lefthand set of lower case letter "o"'s (oo in this example) signify the number of unpowered axles in front of the powered wheels. The upper case letter "O"'s (OOO in this example) signify the number of powered or driven axles. The righthand set of letter "o"'s (just one in this example) signify the number of unpowered axles behind the powered wheels. If a locomotive has no unpowered axles either in front or behind the powered wheels then the appropriate lower case letters are simply omitted. This example (oo OOO o) is equivalent to 4-6-2.

If there are two sets of upper case letter "O"'s, for example oo OOOO OOOO oo, then the locomotive has two sets of driven wheels. This example is equivalent to 4-8-8-4.

The unpowered wheels may or may not be on separate bogeys. Wheels on tenders are not included.

I think that sometimes the spaces between the groups of letters are omitted (ooOOOo) or replaced by dashes (oo-OOO-o).

I do not know if this system is used outside the USA, or whether it has ever been applied to any other types of locomotives.

See also "UIC Classification" and "Whyte Notation".

A Unit

A1 Class

A4 Class

ABmz

ABS

ACE

1. RAILWAYS. Altamont Commuter Express, California, USA. Altamont is to the east of San Francisco.

2. COMPUTERS. File extension. Compressed archive file. A rarely used alternative to the ZIP file format (see that entry). The contents of ACE files can be extracted by using the WinAce program which can be obtained from http://www.winace.com (external link verified Aug-04), or by using the "Unzip Them All" utility which is available via http://www.bykeyword.com or downloaded directly from http://www.herve-thouzard.com/unzinst.exe (both external links verified Jun-04).

Acela

Activity

Advanced Passenger Train (APT)

AFC

AG

Agent

AI

AJS Superscript

AK Cars

AKI Utility

Alco

Alco 636

Alco RS3

Algoma Central Railway

American

Amtrak

Amz

AN

Anglia Railways

Animated Junction

Approach Control

APT

ARG

ARHS

AHB

Argus

ARJ

ARL

ARM

ARN

Arriva Trains Northern

Arriva Trains Wales

ARS

ARTC

Asset Seeker Manager (ASM)

ASM

Aspect

Asset

At Grade Crossing

Atlantic

ATO

ATOC

ATP

ATS

ATSF

Attachment

Auran

Auran Jet

Microsoft Jet is a completely unrelated item of software associated with the Microsoft Access database system.

Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC)

Auto Carrier

Auto Route

Auto Train

Automatic Block System, or Automatic Block Signal (ABS)

Automatic Route

Automatic Routesetting System (ARS)

Automatic Train Protection (ATP)

Automatic Train Stop (ATS)

Automatic Warning System (AWS)

1. RAILWAYS. A primitive safety system introduced in Britain in the 1950's, now being superseded by TPWS (Train Protection And Warning System).

2. RAILWAYS. This appears to be an automatic train control system used in Japan. I'm not absolutely sure that this is what the initials stand for. It seems highly unlikely that this is the same as the primitive AWS system used in Britain.

AutoPlay

Autorack

Autoveyor

AWS

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B

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B & M

B & O

B Unit

Back

Example One:

                ------Left-------
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------Back------------Right------

Example Two:

------Back------------Left-------
               \
                ------Right------

Example Three:

                ------Left-------
               /
------Back------------Forward----
               \
                ------Right------

Backdrops

Bahn

1. RAILWAYS. The German word for railway.

2. RAILWAY SIMULATORS. A German freeware (or shareware?) tram simulation program, which can also be used to simulate railway trains. Also sometimes called JS Bahn. I initially thought that JS were the initials of the program's creator, but in fact it was written by Jan Bochmann. The name of the program is often spelt entirely in upper case. http://www.jbss.de (external link verified Jun-04). Not connected in any way with Auran or Trainz.

Bail

Baldwin

Balise

1. RAILWAYS. As depicted in Trainz, this appears to be a count-down marker to a signal (or perhaps more generally to any significant trackside feature such as a signal, a speed limit sign or a junction). A vertical rectangle with diagonal stripes, very similar in appearance and meaning to a count-down marker for a motorway exit (freeway off-ramp).

2. RAILWAYS. However, I'm informed that in Sweden a balise is a device used to send information to a train about speed limits and signal aspects.

Banker

BART

Bay Platform

BCK

Beam, Beamway

Behavior

Berkshire

Beyer-Garratt

Bezier Curves

BFK

BG

1. RAILWAYS. The British Rail passenger carriage designation code for a brake gangway coach. This code might only be used with MK1 coaches.

2. RAILWAYS. The passenger carriage designation code used by the Australian Ghan service for a type of normal carriage.

BI

Big Boy

Block

BMP

BMT

Bmz

BN

BNSF

From the "Railroads" article in Encarta: "In 1970, the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Burlington merged into Burlington Northern (BN); later, BN absorbed the St. Louis-San Francisco (Frisco) Railroad."

However, according to a contributor to the Auran discussion forum: "The name BNSF is the result of the merger of the ATSF and the BN. The Frisco doesn't enter in to it as far as the name change, they were just another railroad bought up by BN over time." This wouldn't be the first time that mistakes have been found in Encarta.

According to another source, the BNSF was formed as a merger of the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in 1995.

Bo-Bo

See also "Co-Co".

BOG

Bogey (or Bogie)

1. RAILWAYS. A rigid framework in which one or more axles are mounted. A bogey is connected via an articulated joint to the underside of a rolling stock item, which it supports. Most bogeys have one, two or three axles, each of which has a pair of wheels, one at each end. Bogeys can turn relative to the main body of the rolling stock item, thereby allowing lengthy vehicles to negotiate curved track. Very short goods wagons used in some countries do not have bogeys, but almost all locomotives, passenger carriages, and freight wagons of any length do. The problem of transferring power from the main body of a locomotive to an articulated bogey is an interesting aspect of locomotive design. The word "truck" is sometimes used in the USA for a bogey.

2. TRAINZ. A rolling stock part. More than one item of rolling stock can use the same type of bogey.

Boxcar

BR

1. RAILWAYS. British Railways, later renamed British Rail. The old national and nationalised British railway system. Defunct.

2. RAILWAYS. A prefix of some classes of diesel locomotives used by DB (Deutsche Bundesbahn).

Brakeman

Brakevan

BRB

1. RAILWAYS. British Railways Board.

2. RAILWAYS. The British Rail passenger carriage designation code for a restaurant coach (dining car). This might be a misprint for RBR.

BREL

Brew Crew

Bridge

BRJ

1. RAILWAYS. The passenger carriage designation code used by the Australian Indian Pacific (IP) service for a twinnette sleeper car.

2. RAILWAYS. The passenger carriage designation code used by the Australian Ghan service for a type of sleeping car.

Broad Gauge

Built-in

Bulkhead

Bumper

Button-Bar

BVE

BWL

By

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C

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c

C2C

C30-7

Cab Signalling System (CSS)

CAB

1. TRAINZ. An abbreviation of "cabin". The more realistic of the two train driving modes. The other mode is DCC. In CAB mode the user has access to all of the important controls of the corresponding real locomotive, and the physics algorithms are made as realistic as possible. CAB mode is much more difficult than DCC mode, especially with steam engines, but once mastered I imagine it is also much more satisfying.

2. COMPUTERS. An abbreviation of "cabinet". A type of file, very similar in concept to a zip compressed archive file. Used extensively by Microsoft for software distribution.

Cable Car

1. A device which allows passengers to ascend or descend a steep mountainside. Enclosed cars are suspended by means of pulleys from cables, and also hauled by cables. In most cases the cables are supported along the route by running over pulleys at the tops of towers. This is by far the most common meaning of the term. Some cable car devices are available for Trainz, but I have not yet properly investigated them.

2. RAILWAYS. A streetcar system in which the vehicles run on rails and are driven by gripping a continuously moving cable located just below the track. The most famous example of such a system, and possibly the only one still operative, is in San Francisco, California, USA. A number of streetcars and trams are available for Trainz, but so far I haven't found any which resemble those used on the San Francisco cable car system. Nor have I been able to find a fully completed layout of the San Francisco cable car system for Trainz.

Caboose

CalTrain

Cant

1. RAILWAYS. When track is banked, for example around a bend which is normally taken at speed, the angle of the line joining the same points on each rail with the horizontal (taken at a cross section of the track). Called superelevation in Britain.

2. RAILWAYS. When track is banked, for example around a bend which is normally taken at speed, the angle of the line through the centre of a rail with the vertical (taken at a cross section of the rail).

Car

Carriage

Catchpoints (or Catch Points)

Catenary

CB & Q

CCG

CD

CCP

CDF

CDP Batcher

CDP Browser

Central Trains

Centralised Traffic Control (CTC)

Centre-Beam Bulkhead

CFF

CFG

Challenger

Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL)

Chiltern Railways

Chimney

CityRail

CK

CL

Class Numbers

In Britain, under the TOPS system (see "Total Operations Processing System") as used by British Rail from 1972, locomotives were assigned class numbers in ranges as follows:

• 01-69 Diesel locomotives
• 70-79 DC electric locomotives
• 80-96 AC electric locomotives 80 to 96
• 97 Departmental locomotives (not in revenue-earning use)
• 98 Steam locomotives
• 99 Ships owned by British Rail (ferries, etc)
• 100-199 Diesel multiple units (DMU's) with mechanical or hydraulic transmission
• 200-299 Diesel multiple units (DMU's) with electric transmission
• 300-399 Overhead AC Electric Multiple Units (EMU's)
• 400-499 Southern Region 600-volt DC third rail EMU's
• 500-599 Other DC electric units
• 600-699 Not yet used
• 900-999 Departmental multiple units, mostly converted from former passenger units

The following Wikipedia articles are useful (both external links verified Jan-05):

• British Locomotive And Multiple Unit Numbering And Classification"
• List Of British Rail Classes

Class 08

Class 09

Class 20

Class 25

Class 31

Class 33

Class 37

Class 43

Classes 44, 45 and 46

Class 47

Class 50

Class 52

Class 55

Class 56

Class 58

Class 59

Class 60

Class 66

Class 70

Class 71

Class 73

Class 74

Class 86

Class 87

Class 89

Class 90

Class 91

Class 92

Class 101

Class 159

Class 201

Class 202

Class 205

Class 207

Class 218

Class 313

Class 319

Class 325

Class 332

Class 365

Class 373

Class 375

Class 401

Class 404

Class 405

Class 410

Class 411

Class 412

Class 413

Class 414

Class 415

Class 416

Class 418

Class 419

Class 420

Class 421

Class 422

Class 423

Class 424

Class 430

Class 431

Class 438

Class 442

Class 455

Class 456

Class 458

Class 460

Class 465

Class 466

Class 488

Class 489

Class 508

Class 930

Class 931

Class 932

Class I Railroad

Climax

Clinchfield Railroad (CRR)

CM

CMP

CN or CN Rail

CNJ

Co-Co

See also "Bo-Bo".

Coach

COFC

Cog Railway

Colour Position Light (CPL)

ComEng

Command

Commonwealth Engineering (ComEng)

Commodity

Commodity Picker

Conductor

1. RAILWAYS. The US term for a railway employee who travels on a passenger train to sell tickets, check tickets, indicate to the driver when it is clear to start moving after a stop, control the behaviour of passengers, etc. Called a guard in the UK.

2. RAILWAYS. Anything which conducts electricity, but especially a third rail which supplies electricity at a high voltage.

config.txt

Connex South Eastern

Conrail

From the "Railroads" article in Encarta 95: "In 1968, the Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads combined to form Penn Central, to which was later added the New York, New Haven, and Hartford railroads. Penn Central declared bankruptcy in 1970. In 1976, it and other failed railroads in the Northeast (including the Erie Lackawanna, Lehigh Valley, and Reading) were merged by an act of Congress to form the Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail)."

According to another source: "Conrail was jointly purchased by CSX and Norfolk Southern in 2001."

Another source says that Norfolk Southern and CSX agreed to acquire Conrail in 1997, government approval was passed in 1998 and the acquisition actually took place in 2001. As a result, Conrail was restructured into a switching and terminal railroad.

Consist

Consolidation

Content Creator Plus (CCP)

Content Creators Guide (CCG)

Content Dispatcher

Content Manager (CM)

Content Manager Plus (CMP)

Copper Canyon

Cotton Belt

CountryLink (CL)

CP

1. RAILWAYS. Canadian Pacific (CP Rail).

2. RAILWAYS. Central Pacific (USA). Absorbed in the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1887, which in turn was absorbed into the Union Pacific Railroad in 1996.

3. RAILWAYS. Control Point? (Some territories in the Train Dispatcher simulation program have numbered "CP" positions.)

CPL

1. RAILWAYS. See "Colour Position Light".

2. COMPUTERS. File extension. A control panel applet (mini-program).

Crossing Loop

Crossover

I have also seen crossovers referred to as X-crossings but that term might not be general usage and there is the obvious potential confusion with places where one railway track crosses another at an angle.

CRR

Crummy or Crummie

CSS

CSX

From the Railroads article in Encarta: "The Chesapeake And Ohio, Baltimore And Ohio, and Western Maryland railroads became affiliated into the Chessie System. In 1981 Chessie merged with the Family Lines - a combination of the Seaboard Coast Line, Louisville And Nashville, and Clinchfield - to form CSX Corporation."

According to another source, the Seaboard System was renamed the CSX Transportation System in 1987.

CTC

CTRL

CTSR

Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad (CTSR)

Custom, or Custom Content

Cut

Cutoff

1. RAILWAYS. One of the two main controls of a steam locomotive, the other being the regulator. In simple terms the cutoff is roughly analogous to the gear level of a car and the regulator is analogous to the accelerator.

2. RAILWAYS. A shorter route, constructed so as to replace an older inferior route which is longer, steeper, or has more tight bends, etc.

CWR

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D

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D & C

D & RG

D & RGW

D & SNGRR

D40-2

Dark Territory

DB

DBSO

DC

DCC

DD35A and DD35B

DD40X

DDA40X

DE (or DED)

Decapod

Deltic

DEM

DEMU

Dependency

• Most rolling stock requires bogies.

• Most powered rolling stock requires engine specifications, engine sounds and horn sounds.

• Re-skinned rolling stock usually requires the original asset.

• Layouts usually require a large number of assets of a wide variety of types, normally including ground textures, track, signals, speedboards (speed limit signs), buildings, industries, roads, and so on.

• Driver Sessions usually require a layout and one or more items of rolling stock.

• Scenarios usually require a layout, one or more items of rolling stock, and a script.

Depot

Derail

Desiro

Detonator

DF

1. RAILWAYS. The passenger carriage designation code used by the Australian Indian Pacific (IP) service for a dining car.

2. The passenger carriage designation code used by the Australian Ghan service for a type of dining car.

DHR

Diamond

Diesel-Electric

Diesel-Hydraulic

Digital Elevation Model (DEM)

Direct Traffic Control (DTC)

Disc Headcode

Dispatcher

Dispatcher Code

Distant

Ditch Lights

Division

DLR

DLS

DMU

Donkey, Donkey Engine

Down

Download Helper (DLH)

I've never had any problems with Download Helper, but some users report serious difficulties and prefer to use alternative programs, such as Trainz Agent, Trainz Downloader Pro, and Trainz Objectz (see those entries for details). All these programs download material from the same source (DLS); only their method of doing so varies.

Download Station (DLS, or very occasionally DS)

DR

Drain, The

Driver

1. TRAINZ. That part of TRS2004 and TRS2006 in which Driver sessions can be run. See "Driver Sessions".

2. COMPUTERS. Software components which interface the Windows operating system (and thereby programs) with physical devices such as display adaptors (video boards), sound boards and sound chips, etc. If you are experiencing problems with such a device, the recommended first course of action is to download the latest version of the driver from the device's manufacturer. Be careful to select the driver for your exact device name and model number, and your exact operating system version.

Driver Command

A number of standard built-in driver commands are available by default when a Driver Session is created. The availability of additional commands (built-in and custom) can be specified with the "Driver Command" Rule when a Driver Session is created in Surveyor.

Driver Commands are not the same as Rules, although the two are closely related.

Information about Driver commands can be found in the "Driver Commands and Working With Industries" section of the "Engineers Handbook" manual which is supplied in electronic form as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file with TRS2004.

Driver Session

Driving Van Trailer (DVT)

Driver Vigilance System (DVS)

DriverCharacter

DriverCommand

DS

DSNGRR

DTC

Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D & SNGRR)

DVS

DVT

Dwarf

Dwell Time

DX Goods

Dynamic Brake

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E

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EC

East Coast Main Line (ECML)

EuroCity (EC)

ECML

EE

EEP - Virtual Railroad 3

Eight-Wheeler

"El"

Electro-diesel

Embankment

EMD

EMU

Engine

1. RAILWAYS. A term often used in Britain to refer to a locomotive.

2. TRAINZ. An engine specification of any type of powered rolling stock, such as a locomotive or a multiple unit of any kind.

3. COMPUTERS. That part of a graphical program which handles fundamental movement and display operations.

Engineer

English Scottish And Welsh Railways (ESW)

Environment

EOT

ePortal

ER

1. RAILWAYS. Erie Railroad (USA). Defunct?

2. RAILWAYS. The designation code used by the Australian Ghan service for a type of crew car.

ETD

1. RAILWAYS. End Of Train Device. Same as ETM and FRED.

2. RAILWAYS. Estimated time of departure.

ETH

ETM

Eurostar

Evolution

Exchange Track

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F

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F3A-Series

F40PH

F7A and F7B

FA1

Facing

Fairlie

Fallen Flag

FCT

FDS

Feather

FEC

Feu Convoi

FFS

Fiddle Yard

Fill

First Class Ticket (FCT)

First Great Western Link

First North Western

First Scot Rail

First TransPennine Express

Fishplate

FixedTrack

FK

Flange

Flatcar

Flashing Rear End Device (FRED)

Fleeting

Flying Junction

Flying Shunt

Forward

Example One:

                ------Left-------
               /
------Back------------Right------

Example Two:

------Back------------Left-------
               \
                ------Right------

Example Three:

                ------Left-------
               /
------Back------------Forward----
               \
                ------Right------

Four Foot

FPS

FR

FRA

Frame Rate (Frames Per Second, FPS)

• The power of the computer's processor.

• How much memory (ram) the computer has.

• The quality of the computer's graphics board (also called a video card or display adaptor) and how much memory it has.

• The screen resolution (in terms of x and y, and also the number of colours).

• The choice of graphics handling system (OpenGL or DirectX).

• The video board's quality versus speed settings for OpenGL or DirectX as appropriate (provided the board offers such options).

• The quality versus speed settings of the program. In the case of Trainz, these include smoke effects, fog effects, shadows, how far into the distance objects are displayed, etc.

• On a second-by-second basis, the number of objects in the image currently being displayed and their complexity, whether any movement is currently taking place on screen, whether any other games-related processing is being performed (for example, determining the routes taken by AI drivers in Trainz), and whether the user is moving the camera.

Fraps (external link verified Nov-04) is a freeware utility which displays the current frame rate when a game or simulation program which renders images (including Trainz) is being used. Fraps also includes some other potentially useful facilities including the ability to record a video file of activity while running a game or simulation.

If any Driver Session or Scenario has been run during a Trainz session, then the Jetlog.txt file includes an average FPS figure at the end.

The generally perceived wisdom is that the frame rate will fall when the computer is very busy. However, on my computer Fraps shows the frame rate falling when trains and the camera viewing them are stationary, when the computer is presumably performing the least amount of processing. Perhaps Trainz is intelligent enough to realise that the screen does not need to be updated so frequently when the image is not changing, in somewhat the same way as stat-muxing (statistical multiplexing) works with digital television.

Fraps

FRED

Freight Train

Freightcar Destination System (FDS)

Freightliner

Frog

FS

Funicular

Funnel

Funnel, The

Fylde Coast Tramway

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G

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GameScript

Gantlet Track

Gantry

Gatwick Express

Gauge

Gauntlet Track

1. RAILWAYS. A section where two parallel tracks are interlaced and all four rails are mounted on the same sleeper. There are no junctions or other moving parts, and trains cannot be routed between the two tracks. The arrangement is occasionally used when two separate lines pass over a bridge or through a narrow cutting.

2. RAILWAYS. A section where parallel tracks of different gauges are interlaced and mounted on the same sleepers.

3. RAILWAYS. The sharing of a third central rail between trains travelling in opposite directions. Occasionally used in funiculars and cliff railways, usually with a section in the middle where the tracks diverge onto four rails so as to allow the two cars to pass each other. An example is the Angels Flight funicular in Los Angeles, California.

GE

GE Dash 9-44CW

General Electric (GE)

GEVO

Ghan, The

GIF

1. COMPUTERS. A freeware program which can be used to create 3D models for use in Microsoft Train Simulator, Auran's Trainz and a few other 3D programs. GMax was originally developed by the Discreet division of AutoDesk, but is currently available from TurboSquid (external link verified Oct-05). Free registration is required before the program can be used. See also Trainz Asset Creation Studio (TACS).

2. TRAINZ. File extension. Presumably a 3D object such as a mesh, created by the GMax program.

[The GMW file format] is used in the oil and gas industry for GIS mapping. The term is "General Maintenance Workstation". In the oil and gas industry, GIS mappers use different types of files such as DXF, CGM, LAS, PRJ, and GMW. A General Maintenance Workstation handles all of these types of files and allows for interaction and conversion of file types. A better word for workstation would be software, since the workstation can be just about any PC. Railroads are included in GIS mapping and the Railroad Commission of Texas is in charge of these government documents in our state. [Related subjects include] Global Mapper software, Seismic Micro Technology, Petra for oil and gas, and Landmark/GeoGraphix.

GNER

Golden Spike National Historic Monument

Gondola

1. RAILWAYS. A name used in the USA, and possibly some other countries, for a type of bulk freight wagon. Definitions of this term vary considerably between sources, suggesting different usage by different railroad companies. According to most definitions gondolas have straight sides and ends and no top covering. The bottom is flat or approximately so. Opinions seem to differ on whether or not gondolas have doors at the bottom to release their contents, what exact form these doors might have, and whether the contents can be dumped between the rails or outside them. One source suggests that hoppers are special types of gondolas. Another source says that gondolas come in various types, such as high side, low side, drop end, drop bottom, general purpose and convertible. See also "Hopper".

2. RAILWAYS. On the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railway (Colorado, USA), the term gondola is used to refer to open-sided passenger carriages which I suspect have been converted from goods wagons.

Goninan

Goods Train

GP-38 and GP38-2

GP40-2

GP7

Grade

Grade Crossing

Grand Union

Grasshopper

Great Eastern

Great North Eastern

Great Western Main Line (GWML)

GSC (or GSC.EXE)

Guard

Guardsvan

Guideway

GWML

GWR

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H

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Hamilton

HB (or HBD)

Head

Head End

Head End Power (HEP)

Headcode

1. RAILWAYS. In Britain, often used with the same meaning as a Train Reporting Number, a number which uniquely defines a train for signalling and routing purposes. This web site has more information: http://www.2d53.co.uk/Headcode/headcode.htm (external link verified Dec-05). Similar systems are probably used in most other countries.

2. RAILWAYS. In Britain, often used to refer to a disc headcode. On the front of the leading vehicle of a train are four discs, arranged with one disc above and the other three discs in a horizontal row below. Each disc has a hinged semi-circular plate which can be adjusted so that the disc has one of two colours. In the examples I have seen the two possible colours are white and yellow but this might depend on the locomotive. The combination of disc colours signifies the type of train. This web site has more information: http://www.2d53.co.uk/Headcode/headcode.htm (external link verified Dec-05). This system appears to no longer be in use. I do not know whether all trains in Britain used this system, nor do I know whether any other countries have ever used a similar system.

Heartland Corridor

Heathrow Express

Heavy Rail

HEP

HGM

1. RAILWAYS. The designation code used by the Australian Indian Pacific (IP) service for a brake, power and baggage car.

2. RAILWAYS. The designation code used by the Australian Ghan service for a type of power car.

Highball

HM

1. RAILWAYS. The designation code used by the Australian Indian Pacific (IP) service for a baggage or mail car.

2. RAILWAYS. The designation code used by the Australian Ghan service for a type of baggage car.

HOG

Home

Hopper

Hornby Virtual Railway

Hostler

1. RAILWAYS. A term sometimes used in the USA for someone who services railway locomotives, or a driver who works in or around a locomotive servicing shed under the direction of the engine house foreman.

2. RAILWAYS. A term used in the USA for a small power and brake controller provided for the driver at certain positions on a locomotive or multiple unit train for shunting movements where the expense of a driver's cab is not considered necessary. Also called hostler's controls. Known in the UK as a shunting controller.

Hot Box (or Hotbox)

Hot Box Detector (or Hotbox Detector)

Hp

HST

HTM

HUD

Hudson

Hull Trains

Hump Yard

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IC

1. RAILWAYS. Illinois Central Railroad (USA). Also ICRR. Merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1972 to form the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, which according to one source was purchased by the Government Of Canada in 1998. However, according to another course the Canadian National Railway was acquired by the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad in 1998.

2. RAILWAYS. Intercity.

ICE

IECC

IJ

IND

1. RAILWAYS. Independent. A subway (underground railway) system in New York City, opened in 1932. Originally an independent company but now part of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NYMTA). The lines built by IND are still commonly known by that name. See also "BMT", "IRT" and "PATH".

2. TRAINZ. Indicates that a rolling stock asset (freight wagon or passenger carriage) is compatible with the standard built-in Trainz industry/commodity system. See also "LARS", which is a separate but possibly related industry and freight movement system.

Indexed Mesh File

Indian Pacific (IP)

Industry

InfranView

Inglenook Sidings

INI

Insulated Joint (IJ)

• To detect the location of trains. The wheels and axles of each train provide an electrical connection between the two rails which can be detected. Insulated joints are required between sections in order to detect which sections are occupied.

• In a third-rail system, to isolate the electricity supply from a section of rails should a train pass a red signal, another emergency situation arise, or a section of track be closed for maintenance or repairs.

Integrated Electronic Control Centre (IECC)

Interlock

Interlocking Tower

Intermodal

Interurban

IP

iPortal

IrfanView

I'm not sure whether "InfranView" is a misprint for "IrfanView", or a separate but similar program.

Iron Duke

IRT

Island Line

Island Platform

iTrainz

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J

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1. TRAINZ. File extension. Jet Archive. Contains compressed collections of assets. Almost certainly an Auran specific file type.

2. COMPUTERS. The JA file extension is also used outside Trainz for Java files.

Janus

• Janus Asset Check. This is a facility which checks for missing assets in Janus-compatible Razorback scenarios, with links displayed to download the missing assets from Auran's DLS (Download Station) or the Razorback web site.

  Older Razorback scenarios, written for use with V5 of the Razorback layout, are not inherently compatible with Janus, since they were written before Janus was created. A utility is available from the Razorback Railway which will patch all such scenarios found installed on a user's computer. The utility should be re-run after downloading and installing any V5 scenario. The utility patches the scenario's target files in its kuid folder, not the scenario's distribution exe file. Therefore even after running the utility, Janus is not invoked automatically and must be run manually.

  Newer Razorback scenarios, written for use with V6 of the Razorback layout, are not only Janus-compatible, but also cause Janus to be invoked automatically at the end of their installation procedures. However, if the user has numerous assets installed then there may be a delay of many minutes after a scenario's installation procedure completes and Janus appears. During this time there is no indication of progress other than considerable hard disk activity. If only the built-in assets, Razorback assets and a few other assets are installed then the delay is minimal.

• Janus Scan Jetlog. This is an entirely separate facility (although provided by the same program) which automatically extracts a Razorback Return Dispatcher Code from the user's jetlog.txt file and submits it to the Razorback web site's Dispatcher facility. It saves the user having to manually record the RDC and then type it in, a process which is rather prone to error. As far as I know this facility is compatible with all Razorback scenarios which create an RDC (which nearly all do). This facility must always be invoked manually immediately after completing a scenario and shutting down TRS2004, should you wish to submit the RDC. Update (Sep-05): With the withdrawal of the Razorback Railway Dispatcher system, this mode of operation has been removed from Janus.

Jenolan

Jet

Jingpeng Pass

JiTong Railway

Joint Bar

Journal

JPG

JR

Junction

Just Trains

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K

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KCS

Krokodil

KRS

KUID

• kuid:usernumber:assetnumber

• kuid2:usernumber:assetnumber:versionnumber

Kuju

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L

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L & N

LANG

Lap, or Lap The Brakes

I think its meaning is probably to hold the brake pipe pressure at its current value, with the pipe neither connected to the main cylinder nor to the outside atmosphere. Therefore the brakes are held in their current state, usually partially applied.

From usage in various contexts, the expression also seems to be used on occasion with the alternative meanings to apply the brakes partially, or to apply the brakes for a short period of time.

LARS

1. RAILWAYS. Load And Ride Solutions. A BNSF term for measures taken by them to prevent or reduce damage to freight while in transit.

2. TRAINZ. Logistics And Resource System, a commodity/freight transportation system for Trainz created by Lars Ljunberg of TrainzProRoutes (external link verified Mar-07) and downloadable free of charge from that web site. The name is a deliberate pun on its creator's first name. Some downloadable rolling stock assets include LARS in their names, presumably indicating that they are compatible with this system.

   There is an article about LARS in the 15-Apr-04 edition of the Virtual Model Railway Journal free online magazine, now renamed Virtual Railroader (external link verified Dec-04).

   I do not yet understand how the LARS system relates to the built-in IND industry system in TRS2004.

Layout

LCL

Le Shuttle

Lead

"Leaves On The Line"

Lego Masterpiece Loco

Level Crossing

Level Of Detail (LOD)

Lever

Lgs

Library

Light Rail Vehicle (LRV)

Limited

1. RAILWAYS. A term used in the USA, and possibly some other countries, to refer to an express passenger train. Presumably the term is derived from the fact that the train only stops at a limited number of stations.

2. RAILWAYS. A term used in the USA, and possibly some other countries, to refer to a restricted speed, indicated by signals.

Linear Induction Motor

Living Railway (The Living Railway, TLR)

LMB

LMS

LNER

Loco-Commotion

Locomotive

LOD

Loop

LRV

LT

LTS

LU

LV

LView

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M

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M Set

Maglev

The term "guideway" is often used to refer to the "track" on which maglev trains run.

Maglev test tracks have been built in China, Germany, Japan and South Korea. There have also been a number of attempts to construct passenger-carrying maglev systems in Britain, Germany and the USA, most of which have stalled or have been abandoned for various reasons.

As far as I know, the only currently operative high speed passenger-carrying maglev system is the nineteen mile long shuttle line between downtown Shanghai (China) and Pudong International Airport. According to a newspaper article published in October 2004 the trains on this system reach 270mph on their eight-minute journey. The system cost the equivalent of 1.2 billion US dollars and took two and a half years to construct.

There is a fictional and highly fanciful maglev system featured in the graphical puzzle-solving computer adventure game called Riven, the first sequel to Myst. The controls, once figured out, are extremely simple.

TRS2006 includes maglev guideway and rolling stock.

A payware maglev add-on is available for the Microsoft Train Simulator, depicting a route between Barstow (California) and Las Vegas (Nevada). However, customer reviews of this product on Amazon are generally less than positive.

Maintenance of Way (MoW)

Map

Maple Leaf Tracks

MARC

Marias Pass

MARTA

MAS

MAV

1. RAILWAYS. Hungarian State Railways.

2. RAILWAYS. Possibly an alternative abbreviation for magnetic levitation, although the term maglev is normally used.

MB

1. Manitoba.

2. COMPUTERS. Megabytes.

3. Mercedes Benz.

4. TRAINZ. In Trainz custom items, the MB prefix usually indicates an item created by Mike Banfield.

5. COMPUTERS. Motherboard, i.e. a computer's system board. Also sometimes abbreviated to mobo.

MBC

MBL

MBS

MBTA

MCC

MDmot Ax

MDmot Bx

MEC

Merseyrail Electrics

Mesh

Metro

1. RAILWAYS. A term used in many countries for an underground railway system (what would be called a subway in the USA).

2. In the USA, the term might refer to an underground or light railway system, or a local bus system.

Metro-North

Metrolink

MFX

Metrorail

Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS)

Midland Main Line (MML)

Midland Mainline

Mikado

MML

Mocrossing

Mogul

Mojunction

Monorail

Although the construction of junctions for monorail systems might at first sight be thought to be difficult or impossible, in fact this is not a problem in practice.

Famous monorail systems in which trains straddle the rail include those at Disneyland (Anaheim, California, USA) and Disney World (Orlando, Florida, USA). There is also a similar monorail system, recently greatly expanded, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

There is a famous overhead suspended monorail system called the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal, Germany. See "Schwebebahn".

Monorail "track", rolling stock and a demonstration layout for TRS2004 are available at http://trainz.luvr.net/projects-view.php?pid=123 (external link verified Dec-04). These items may also work in TRS2006.

Montana Rail Link (MRL)

Mosignal

Mospeedboard

Mountain

MoW

MP

MPC/C

MR

MRL

MSTS

MTA

MU

MUNI

Murchison

My Collection

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Narrow Gauge

NDA

NEC

New South Wales State Rail Authority, Australia (NSW SRA)

Next Week

This entry was kindly suggested by Charlie Lear ("cjlear").

NG

1. RAILWAYS. Narrow gauge.

2. TRAINZ. Norris Green, i.e. the Norris Green branch line on the Razorback Railway.

NH

NI Railways

NLKY

NMBS-SNCB

NOD

Nogura

Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

NORAC

Norris

1. RAILWAYS. An early type of steam locomotive.

2. TRAINZ. The Norris Green Branch Line is a major new feature of version 6 of the Razorback Railway layout.

Northeast Corridor (NEC)

NORTA

Northern

NQO

NR

NS

1. RAILWAYS. Nederlandse Spoorwegen, the Netherlands national railway system.

2. RAILWAYS. Norfolk Southern Railroad (USA).

NSW SRA

NSWGR

NURB

NYC

NYCTA

NYMTA

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OBB

Occupancy Control System (OCS)

OCR

OCS

Offsider

OHLE

Old

One Anglia Services

One Great Eastern Services

One Stansted Express Services

One West Anglia Services

ONR

Overhead Line Equipment (OHLE)

Overland, The

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Pacific

1. RAILWAYS. A type of steam locomotive used historically in the USA. 4-6-2 (oo OOO o). Used for passenger services.

2. RAILWAYS. Part of the name of many US and Canadian railroads, most notably those of Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific.

Paint Shed

Pannier Tank

Pantograph

1. RAILWAYS. A device on the roof of some types of electric locomotives, used to obtain power from an overhead catenary wire. Other types of electric locomotives pick up power via a shoe which rides on a third rail, instead of using a pantograph.

2. TRAINZ. In Trainz, pantographs have four states, normally used to allow each of two pantographs to be up or down. Clicking the pantograph control rotates round the four states.

   In most cases, the pantograph control in Trainz operates an actual pantograph on a locomotive. However, in a few cases the pantograph control actually operates some other animated feature, such as carriage doors (open or closed), snowploughs/cow catchers (up or down), or aircraft landing gear (up or down).

Pass

Passenger Edition

Passing Loop

Patentee

PATH

PC

PDF

Pendolino

Permanent Way

Phoenix

Physics

Pilbara Rail

PKP

Planet

Points

Points Lever

Poly, polygon

Polycount

Pony Truck

Portal

Power Car (PC)

Prairie

Pre-SP3

Pro Train

Pro Train Perfect (PTP)

Product

Profile

Progressive Mesh

Prototypical

PRR

PTP

PWA

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Q

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QLX

QR

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R

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Rack And Pinion

Famous examples include the Pikes Peak Cog Railway in Colorado, USA and the Rigi-Bahn in central Switzerland which starts in the village of Vitznau on Lake Lucerne.

Rail Driver

Rail Profile

Rail Simulator

Rail Traffic Controller (RTC)

Rail3D

RailCar

RailCorp

Railroad

Railway

Railpictures.net

Railroad Tycoon

Rails Across America

Railworks

Railyard

Rake

1. A set of coupled freight wagons, parked as a group or moved as a group while being shunted or marshalled.

2. A set of freight wagons or passenger carriages semi-permanently joined by articulation rather than by normal couplers.

RAR

Razorback Classic

1. TRAINZ. The Razorback Layout V6.2 for TRS2004 SP4, downloadable from the Razorback Railway web site.

2. TRAINZ. The Razorback Classic layout which is a built-in item in TRS2006. A mandatory patch is downloadable from the Razorback Railway web site.

Razorback Railway (RBR)

There is a Razorback Mountain in British Columbia (between Williams Lake and the coast, north of Vancouver), but Encarta World Atlas lists nothing under that name for Australia. In Australia, a razorback is a type of wild boar. In the layout, I suspect that the mountain near Razorback station has a similar shape. My guess (and it is only a guess) is that the name derives from the Razorback Range near Rockhampton, on Queensland's eastern coast about 320 miles (as the crow files) north of Brisbane.

In my opinion, both the Razorback layout and the Living Railway scenarios designed for use with it are of the very highest quality. If you only ever explore one source for downloading additional content for Trainz, I do not think you will be disappointed by the Razorback Railway's offerings.

See also "Living Railway".

RazorCam

RBR

1. RAILWAYS. The British Rail passenger carriage designation code for a restaurant coach (dining car). This might be a misprint for BRB.

2. TRAINZ. See "Razorback Railway".

RCS

RDC

1. RAILWAYS. Rail Diesel Car. Probably the same as DMU (Diesel Multiple Unit).

2. TRAINZ. See "Return Dispatcher Code".

Re-Skin (or just Skin)

Re460

Red Hen

Redbird

Reefer

Regional Passenger Transit (RPT)

Regulator

Remote Controlled Signalling (RCS)

Render

Renfe

Return Dispatcher Code (RDC)

Reversing Wye

RMB

1. RAILWAYS. The British Rail passenger carriage designation code for a restaurant miniature buffet carriage, i.e. a coach with both passenger seating an a small buffet. This code might only be used with MK1 coaches.

2. TRAINZ. Right mouse button. This abbreviation is used extensively in Auran's documentation.

Road Train

Robe River

Rock Island

Rolling Stock (RS)

Rolling Stock Classification Codes

The following articles on Wikipedia are useful (both external links verified Jan-05):

• British Rail Coach Designations
• British Carriage And Wagon Numbering And Classification

See also "Class Numbers" and "Total Operations Processing System (TOPS)".

Rolling Stock Part (RS Part)

Route

RPT

RR

RS

RS Part

RSA

RTC

RTSA

Rule

Rules can be indented, in which case they will only be obeyed when the master Rule immediately above the indented Rules fires. For example, a master trigger Rule can have a play sound Rule indented under it, so that the sound will be played when a train enters a trigger. This is analogous to an IF/THEN statement and its dependent statements in traditional computer programming.

A few standard built-in Rules are available by default when a Driver Session is created in Surveyor and additional built-in and custom Rules can be added as desired.

In Trainz Objectz and also in some Auran documentation, Rules are called Behaviors (with Australian/US spelling, not British spelling).

Rules are not the same as Driver commands, although the two are closely related. The Driver Command Rule specifies which Driver commands will be available in a Driver Session.

Rules are not the same as Scriptlets. Scriptlets are GameScript coding associated with assets such as rolling stock items and industries.

Information about Rules can be found in the "Session and Rules Management" section of the "World Builders Manual" (i.e. the Surveyor manual) which is supplied in electronic form as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file with TRS2004.

The Auran-produced document "TRS2006 Sessions & Rules Guide" covers usage of Rules in great detail. Much of the information in this document is also applicable to TRS2004. The document can be downloaded from Auran's web site. This document does not contain any information about the creation of Rules, only their usage.

The Auran-produced document "TRS2004 SP2 Variable Rules Tutorial", also downloadable from Auran's web site, explains the usage of the new variable Rules introduced with TRS2004 SP2. The downloadable package includes a sample tutorial route and Driver Session.

Russkiye Zheleznye Durogi (RZD)

RZD

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S

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S Set

S-Bahn

SA

Saddle

Saddle Tank

Sandpatch

Sandy River And Rangeley Lakes Railroad (SR & RL)

Santa Fe

SAR

1. RAILWAYS. See "South African Railways".

2. RAILWAYS. See "South Australia Railways."

SARCC

SAS

Saw-By

SBB-CFF-FFS

Scenario

Scenario Creation System (SCS)

In January 2006 the Pest Patrol anti-adware/anti-spyware program reports finding an item of malware called "Backdoor.Punctes" in the file "C:\Program Files\TPR Scenario Creation System\TPR SCS.EXE". This was almost certainly a false positive which can be ignored.

SCS2006 is an entirely new version of SCS, for the creation of scenarios for TRS2006 (only). It also has additional features compared to the original SCS.

The initials SCS can also refer to ProTrainz' Subway Construction Set.

Scenery

Schedule

Schwebebahn

SCL

Scotrail Railways

Script

1. COMPUTERS. A euphemism for a computer program, used by marketing people in the forlorn hope that naive users, scared of the phrase "computer programming", will be led into thinking that their creation is relatively simple. "Macro" is an alternative euphemism.

2. TRAINZ. A computer program which controls the operation of a scenario. I think Trainz 2004 uses GS and GSE files to hold scenario scripts, in plain text and encoded format respectively. I think previous versions of Trainz used some other mechanism which is not compatible with TRS2004. I think it may also be possible to apply scripts to Driver Sessions, possibly in a rather different way to scenarios. I have seen at least one Driver Session which appears to operate almost as if it were a scenario, namely Freidman Forest (kuid 46435:500011) for the Razorback Railway V5 layout.

Scriptlet

SCS

1. TRAINZ. See "Scenario Creation System".

2. TRAINZ. See "Subway Construction Set".

SCS2

SD40-2

SD40T-2

SD45

SD50

SD80MAC

Seaboard System

Section

Semaphore Signal

SEPTA

Service Pack (SP)

Session

SGR

Sh

Shinkansen

Shoe

Shunt

Shunter or Shunting Engine

Shutter

Shuttle

Side Tank

Siding

Signal Box

Signal Passed At Danger (SPAD)

Signalling Centre Software

Silverlink Train Services

Silverton

SirGibby

Six Foot

SJ

SK

Skin

Skunk Train

Sleeper

1. RAILWAYS. The name used in Britain for what is called a tie in the USA. A block of wood or concrete on which the rails are mounted.

2. RAILWAYS. A sleeping car.

Slug

Smokestack or Stack

SNCB-NMBS

SNCF

SO

Soo Line

Soon

This entry was kindly suggested by Charlie Lear ("cjlear").

South African Rail Commuter Corporation (SARCC)

South African Railways (SAR)

South Australia Railways (SAR)

South Gippsland Railway (SGR)

Southern Railway

Southwest Trains

SP or SPRR

SP2

The term is also widely used by other computer software companies, notably Microsoft, to refer to service packs for their products.

SP3

The term is also widely used by other computer software companies, notably Microsoft, to refer to service packs for their products.

SP4

SPAD

Speedboard

Spinner

1. RAILWAYS. An early type of steam locomotive.

2. TRAINZ. Part of a turntable.

Spiral Tunnel

Probably most famous examples are the two spiral tunnels on the Kicking Horse Pass on the border between British Columbia and Alberta in the Canadian Rockies, between Field and Lake Louise (or more globally, between Golden and Banff). The tunnels are on the western (British Columbia) side of the pass and can be seen from a stopping point for road vehicles on the Trans Canada Highway. These tunnels are still very much in use by long freight trains, making their layout easier to make out through the trees.

There are also at least two pairs of spiral tunnels in New South Wales, Australia. The Bethungra spiral tunnels are near Wagga Wagga southwest of Sydney and are particularly unusual since they are only used for the uphill track. The Cougal spiral tunnels at Border Loop are just south of the Queensland border on the line between Sydney and Brisbane.

The problem of steep gradients can also be solved by means of a Zig Zag.

Spline Point

Spoon

Spoornet

SpoorSim

Spur

SPURT

SR

SR & RL

SRA

1. RAILWAYS. Strategic Rail Authority (UK).

2. RAILWAYS. See "New South Wales State Rail Authority, Australia".

Stack

Stack Dump

Staging Area

I think the term "fiddle yard" probably means the same as "staging area".

Standard Gauge

Statens Jarnvagar (SJ)

StateRail

SteamRanger

Stirling

Stock Car

Stoker

Sub or subdivision

Subway

1. RAILWAYS. A term widely used in the USA (and possibly some other countries) to refer to an underground railway, usually a passenger-only rapid transit commuter system for a city.

2. In Britain, a subway is usually a pedestrian walkway under a road or a railway line.

3. A fast food chain which sells submarine sandwiches. The chain is extremely widespread in the USA and Canada, with more locations than McDonald's, and it is now also growing in Europe. A prominent "Subway" sign in a small American or Canadian town is far more likely to indicate one of this chain's outlets than an underground railway station.

Subway Construction Set (SCS)

The initials SCS can also refer to Trainz Pro Routes' Scenario Creation System.

Superelevation

1. RAILWAYS. The UK term for what is called cant in the US, the raising of the outer rail of a bend above the inner rail.

2. RAILWAYS. The gradual introduction of cant before a bend commences, often used on high speed lines.

Surveyor

SW7

Switch

Switch Engine, Switcher or Yard Switcher

Switch Lever

Switchback

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T

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TA

TAC

TACS

TAD

Tank Engine

TARL

TBM

TC

TDE

TDH

TDP

Team Track

TEE

1. RAILWAYS. See "Trans Europe Express".

2. TRAINZ. See "Trainz Simulator 2009".

Ten Foot

Ten-Wheeler

Terrain

Territory

Texas

TEXTURE

TF

TFL

TGA

TGS

TGV

Thalys

Thameslink Rail

Third Party Asset (TPA)

Third Rail

The term "third rail" is not usually used to refer to rack and pinion or cog railways.

TIBS

Ties

Timesaver

TLR

TMTS

TO

TOC

TOE

TOFC

TOPS

Torpedo

Total Operations Processing System (TOPS)

Tower

TPO

TPA

TPR

TPS

1. TRAINZ. Trainz Paint Shed. See "Paint Shed".

2. TRAINZ. See "Trainz Partnership Scheme".

TPWS

Track Plan

Trackage Rights

TrackIR

Trailing

Train Dispatcher

Train Information and Braking System (TIBS)

Train Operator Company (TOC)

Train Operations Processing System (TOPS)

Train Protection And Warning System (TPWS)

Train Reporting Number

Train Sim Modeller (Train Sim Modeler, TSM)

Train-Sim.Com

Traincar

Traincar-Loco

TrainMaster Train Simulator (TMTS)

Trans Europe Express (TEE)

Trainset

Trainz

1. TRAINZ. All the various versions of the Trainz program.

2. The original version of Trainz (pre UTC).

Trainz Agent (also sometimes just called Agent) (TA)

Other alternatives to Auran's Download Helper (DLH) include Trainz Downloader Pro and Trainz Objectz (see those entries for details).

Trainz Asset Database (TAD)

1. TRAINZ. A web site which acted as a search engine for Trainz missing assets. This was an extremely useful facility but appears to have now ceased operation. http://www.trainzhaven.com/TAD/index.php (external link verified Oct-04 but failed Mar-06; see also Trainz Asset Repair Library as that has inherited the trainzhaven.com domain name)

2. TRAINZ. A new feature in TRS2006 for storing downloaded and user-created assets. The TRS2006 TAD is held in the file assets.tdx which is in the TRS2006 root folder. The TAD system was intended to improve the loading times of assets when they are used in TRS2006, but due to a number of design failures and program bugs the TAD can easily become corrupted. The TAD is not always updated when assets are changed, for example when an asset is deleted using CMP. If a corrupted TAD has to be deleted and rebuilt the process takes a very long time, and includes re-downloading all the Auran DLS indexing information.

Trainz Asset Creation Studio (TACS)

Trainz Asset Repair Library (TARL)

Trainz Assistance Community (TAC)

Trainz Classics (TC)

Trainz Download Helper (TDH)

Trainz Downloader Pro (TDP)

Other alternatives to Auran's Download Helper (DLH) include Trainz Agent and Trainz Objectz (see those entries for details).

Trainz Driver Edition (TDE)

Trainz Exchange

Trainz Map

Trainz Objectz (TO)

When the list of assets for a layout is displayed, any missing asset can be right-clicked to invoke some very useful options, including displaying the "type" (whether it is scenery, track, etc), searching for it on Auran's Download Station (DLS), or downloading it from DLS if it is available. Most of these options can be applied to the one clicked missing asset or to all missing assets.

Trainz Objectz is only compatibly with TRS2004.

Trainz Objectz Explorer (TOE)

Trainz Paint Shed

Trainz Partnership Scheme (TPS)

Trainz Railways

Trainz Railwayz

Trainz Routes

Trainz Simulator 2009 (TS2009)

• TS2009 World Builder Edition (WBE) was released in late 2009. It includes Surveyor, Driver, Railyard and Content Manager Plus.

• TS2009 Engineers Edition (TEE) was due for release some time in 2009. It was to include Driver, Content Manager Plus and some new content, but not Surveyor. Due to intractable problems creating assets for TS2009 native mode, TEE has been postponed indefinetely or abandoned.

TrainzAgent

TrainzDiag

TrainzMap

TrainzScript

TrainzUtil

Transfer Table

Transit

Traverser

Triangle

TRFB

TRS2004

TRS2006

TRS2009

TRSB

Truck

1. RAILWAYS. In the UK, in the context of railways the word "truck" refers to a goods wagon (usually open-topped).

2. RAILWAYS. In the USA (and possibly some other countries) in the context of railways the word "truck" refers to a bogey.

TS

TS2009

TSM

1. RAILWAYS. The British Rail passenger carriage designation code for a tourist standard class open coach. Similar to a normal SO (second class open coach), but with less legroom and therefore greater seating capacity. In both cases seats are arranged in sets of four around a table, with a central aisle. This code might only be used with MK1 coaches.

2. TRAINZ. File extension. According to one source, the initials stand for "Trackside Object", and TSO files hold details of assets such as signals and speed limit signs placed in layouts. However, TSO files appear to be very closely associated with scenarios, which leads me to think that the initials might possibly stand for something such as "TrainzScript Objects". These two possible meanings need not be mutually exclusive, of course. TSO files are in binary format and cannot be read or edited with a text editor program such as Notepad. Almost certainly an Auran specific file type.

TTX

Tube, The

Tulloch

Twelve-Wheeler

TXT

Type 1 Train

Type 2 Train

Type 3 Train

Type 4 Train

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U

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U-Bahn

U30C

UIC Classification

The UIC is the International Union Of Railways.

See also "oo OOO o (etc)" and "Whyte Notation".

Ultimate Trainz Collection (UTC)

Underground Railway

1. RAILWAYS. A railway which runs for a significant part of its length underground. Usually a passenger-only rapid transit commuter system for a city. Often called a subway in the USA or a metro in many countries.

2. The network of safe houses used by runaway slaves escaping north in nineteenth century USA, in the days before slavery was abolished. In this sense, neither a railway, nor underground in the literal meaning.

Union Station

United Goninan

Up

UP

1. RAILWAYS. Union Pacific Railroad (USA) (also UPRR). This company, forever associated with the historic construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, is still fully operative.

2. Upper Peninsula (of the state of Michigan, USA).

Used

UST

UTC

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V

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V & SAR

V Set

V/Line

V200

Valley Lines

Van

VIA

Virgin Trains

Virtual Railroader

Virtual Southern Region (VSR)

VMD

VMRJ

Vr

VR

VSR

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W

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Wadloper

WAGN

Waybill

1. RAILWAYS. A list of pickups and deliveries to be undertaken by a freight train.

2. TRAINZ. In Trainz, waybills list the pickups and deliveries to be made by a train at the various interactive industries. I think they are only used in Driver Sessions.

WBE

WCML

Wd

Weathered

Webb Compound

Well Tank

Wessex Trains

West Coast Main Line (WCML)

Westinghouse

Trains also commonly have handbrakes and dynamic brakes.

WHR

Whyte Notation

The first number indicates the number of unpowered wheels in front of the powered wheels, sometimes called leading wheels. The second number indicates the number of powered or driven wheels. The third number indicates the number of unpowered wheels behind the powered wheels, sometimes called trailing wheels. In this example (4-6-2) the locomotive has four unpowered wheels (two axles) in front, six powered wheels (three axles), and two unpowered wheels behind (one axle).

If there are four numbers, for example 4-8-8-4, then there are two sets of driven wheels.

In every case, the number of axles is half the number of wheels specified.

The unpowered wheels may or may not be on separate bogeys. Wheels on tenders are not included.

I do not know whether this system is used in any other countries, but suspect that this is probably the case. As far as I know it is only ever used for steam locomotives.

See also "oo OOO o (etc)" and "UIC Classification".

WMATA

Wmz

Woodbridge's Train Simulation Craftsman Magazine

Wye

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X

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X-Crossing

XAM

XB

XBH

XBR

XD

XDH

XDR

XF

XFH

XL

XPT

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Y

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Yak

Yard

Yard Limit

Yard Switcher or Switcher

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Z

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Zig Zag

Probably the most famous example of a Zig Zag is the Zig Zag Railway at Lithgow on the western slope of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. Web site: http://www.zigzagrailway.co.au (external link verified May-05). The "Zig Zag Layout" (kuid 102657:100046) appears to be an accurate depiction of the Zig Zag Railway for Trainz.

Another example is the Cass Scenic Railway in West Virginia, USA. The layout "Cass Scenic Railroad" (kuid 30071:100005) appears to be an accurate depiction for Trainz. The Cass layout has two missing assets which I cannot find but these don't seem to affect operation.

ZIP

1. COMPUTERS. File extension. Compressed archive file. Used as a distribution file format by some content creators. In Trainz, the contents of a Zip file tend to be installed into one of the sub-folders of the World\Custom folder, with a specific folder name based on the asset's name. A standard Windows file type.

2. COMPUTERS. Iomega Zip drives and the special disks used in them. A high capacity and relatively fast exchangeable magnetic disk system. Each disk can hold 100MB or 250MB. With the widespread introduction of CD and DVD writer drives, and USB pen key drives, the Iomega Zip system is no longer in common use.

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