Английская Википедия:Glossary of Australian railway terms

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This article lists some of the terminology used at present and in the past by railway employees, railway enthusiasts and railway historians in Australia. Many appear from time to time in specialist, rail-related publications. Significant regional variations exist, indicated by abbreviations of the state (e.g. Vic, NSW) or railway (e.g. SAR).

B

Bandicoot (Qld)

An electric multiple unit (EMU)Шаблон:Which with a distinctive grey band painted across the cab wind shields

Banjo or scoop (SAR)

Fireman's shovel

Barwell's bull (SAR)

Model 75 Brill railcar (nickname from the South Australian premier 1920–1924, Henry Barwell; "bull" may have originated in the characteristic deep "bellow" of the railcar's hornШаблон:Rp

Basket (SAR)

Basket of coal (measurement: 25 baskets to the ton)

BETY (Qld)

QR BB18Шаблон:Frac class Pacific type (4-6-2) steam locomotive used on express passenger and freight trains (named after the telegraphic code; pronounced "Betty")

Bleed (SAR)

Drain the air from the brake reservoir of a train or a rail vehicle

Blister (SAR)

Official serious caution

Blood and bone (Vic)

Livery used by V/LineШаблон:Which

Blue babies (Qld)

QR DD17 class suburban tank engine, in a blue midway between navy and sky blue

Blue Goose (NSW)

Livery used by the PTC in NSW found on B, S, V and W sets, and Tulloch trailers

Bluebird (SAR)

South Australian Railways 100/250/280 class country-lines diesel railcar, which had a blue and stainless-steel side and silver roof

Bowser (SAR)

Switchstand

Boxcar (SAR)

Enclosed bogie vehicle (e.g. M, DW class etc boxcar)

Brass (SAR)

Railway official

Brill (SAR)

Model 55 or Model 75 Brill railcarsШаблон:Rp

Broad gauge (all jurisdictions)

Шаблон:Track gauge gauge in the states of Victoria and South Australia (and for a short time, Tasmania)

Brown bomber (Qld)

A QR C17 4-8-0 (2D) steam engine, typically painted brown

Button up (SAR)

Connect air hoses and open air taps (see "Make good"

B.V. (SAR)

Brakevan

C

Caboose (SAR)

U.S.-style brakevan without passenger accommodation, with cupola in the centre; sometimes referred to as "Webb caboose"

Candy (NSW)

Red, black and yellow livery used widely by the New South Wales State Rail Authority

Cannonball crew / top engine crew (SAR)

Cannonball Link crews that worked The Overland, East-West Express and other express trains

Captain/skipper (SAR)

Guard

Car (SAR)

Rail vehicle (passenger, freight or service)

Centralised traffic control (all jurisdictions)

A system in which signals and switches for a given area of track are controlled from a centralised location (abbreviated as CTC)

Cheeseburger (Vic)

V/Line Mk 3 Livery (2008–2017), which featured the colours red, white and yellow.

Conductor (all jurisdictions)

The person who checks (and may sell) tickets on a train or tram

Connie (SAR)

Conductor

Compo (SAR)

Guards van with passenger compartment each end (short for "composite")

Consist (SAR)Шаблон:Spaces

The make-up of a train; a list containing specific information for each car of a train; also a group of locomotives (see Rake)

Corner shunt (SAR)

Bumping a vehicle or vehicles standing foul into the clear when running on an adjacent line

Corrie (SAR)

Correspondence, especially for trainworking

Creamy Kate (NSW)

Colloquial name for NSW Rail Motor No.38

Cripple (SAR)

Red or green carder (rail vehicle with a red card or green card)

Cyclops (Qld)

A Queensland electric multiple unitШаблон:Which with one cab modified to only have one central windshield, which can then only be used as a guard's cab in the middle of a six-car set

D

DERM (Vic)

Victorian Railways diesel electric rail motor

Detonator (DET) (all jurisdictions)

A small explosive device placed on rail and triggered by wheel pressure, used to warn of a hazard ahead

Dog or dogspike (all jurisdictions)

A rail spike driven into a timber sleeper to secure a rail; the head shape facilitates extraction with hand tools

Dogbox (Qld)

Non-driving cab of the QR electric multiple unitШаблон:Which with one centre windshield, used as a guards compartment (see Cyclops

Doggies (Vic)

Former "dog box" type red suburban trains

Dolly Шаблон:Where

A shunting signal

Dolly Varden (SAR)

4400 class composite (guard, freight and passengers) brakevanШаблон:Spaces

Dope (SAR)

Special water treatment for steam locomotives

Drag (SAR)

Long wayside freight train

E

Electric staff (all jurisdictions)

See staff

Electric multiple unit (EMU) (Qld)

A class of electric multiple unit suburban trainШаблон:Which in Brisbane

Evans set (Qld)

Wooden suburban passenger carriages in Brisbane

F

Fender (SAR)

Wagon between loco and wagons for dangerous goods separation or because of incompatible couplers

Flat (SAR)

Flatcar – e.g. four-wheeled (F class) or bogie (FB, FBT class)

Foamer

Slang for a rather obsessive rail or tramway enthusiast

Foul (SAR)

Obstruction by a vehicle that is not sufficiently clear of an adjacent line or switch/turnout

Freight (SAR)

Goods; alternatively, freight train

Full jigger (SAR)

Full load

G

Gabby (Vic)

A train spotter who photographs Melbourne suburban electric trains, especially Hitachi electric multiple units

Gondola or "gonny" (SAR)

An O class open bogie freight car

G.B. (SAR)

Goods brake[van]

Green carder (SAR)

Vehicle in need of repair but can be operated (see red carder)

Guard (all jurisdictions)

Crew member responsible for the safe and proper operation of the train

Gunzel (Vic)

A rail or tramway enthusiast, especially of the more obsessive kind

H

Harris (Vic)

Former Victorian Railways Harris type (or Blue) electric suburban train.

High flyer (NSW)

NSWGR Z15 and Z16 class locomotive

I

In the ditch (SAR)

Derailed

K

Katie (NSW)

NSWGR D55 class locomotive – most probably derived from original class numbering, KT

L

Ladder (SAR)

A major track through a yard

Lamp (all jurisdictions)

A portable (often handheld) light source that is used to signal train crews; former kerosene-fuelled light on signals

L.C.L. (SAR)

Less-than-car-load freight

M

Make good (Vic, NSW)

Connect air hoses and open air taps (see "Button up")

Mustard pot (SAR)

Traffic yellow (orange), red oxide and silver colour scheme of SAR 830 class diesel locomotives before AN take-over, or one of such locomotives

N

Nanny (NSW)

NSW C.35 Class locomotive – probably derived from original class numbers NN

Narrow gauge (all jurisdictions)

Most commonly Шаблон:Track gauge gauge in the states of Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia; also sugar cane lines of Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert gauge

Number nicker or number shark (Vic)

A trainspotter who records numbers of trains they have seen

O

On the mat (SAR)

To be subject to official discipline

Oscar (NSW)

NSW TrainLink H set, a class of electric train with "outer suburban carriages"

P

Pain (SAR)

(To be rostered for) a freight shift

Pawpaw

Queensland Railways class 1170 diesel locomotive, or its colour

Peg (all jurisdictions)

Colloquial term for train staff or token

Petrol electric rail motor (PERM) (Vic)

A railmotor operated by the Victorian Railways; later called the Diesel Electric Rail MotorШаблон:Citation needed

P.I.C. (SAR)

Porter in charge (person in charge of a station that does not justify a stationmaster)

Pig (NSW)

NSW C36 class locomotive

Plastic Fantastic (NSW)

NSW XPT (Express Passenger Train) when new

Provisional stopping place (SAR)

Place shown on public timetables at which a passenger either signals a train to stop or, if on board, asks the guard beforehand (see also Rail motor stopping place)

Pull the pin (SAR)

Finish the work for a shift

R

Rabbit/block (SAR)

A derail

Rail motor stopping place (RMSP) (Vic)

A short platform on a Victorian country line specifically for picking up and setting down rail motor passengers (see also Provisional stopping place)

Rake/string/cut (SAR)

Several rail vehicles coupled together (see Consist)

Rattler (Qld)

Colloquial term for former wooden suburban passenger carriages ("Evans sets") in Brisbane

Rattler (SAR)

Fast freight

Red carder (SAR)

Vehicle in need of repair and cannot be operated (see green carder)

Red Hen (SAR)

South Australian Railways 300 or 400 class suburban-lines diesel railcar

Red Rattler (NSW)

First-generation single-deck electrical multiple units which operated in Sydney from 1926 to 1993

Red Rattler (Vic)

Melbourne suburban passenger "Tait" electric multiple units that ran in Melbourne from 1909 to 1984

Reefer/cool car (SAR)

Refrigerator car (later "insulated van"), four-wheeled or bogie

Ridgy (NSW)

Sydney Trains S, S and K sets

Ringmaster (SAR)

Yardmaster

S

Screw the anchor on (SAR)

Set the hand brakes

Set-up (SAR)

Specific orders for placement of rolling stock

Silver ribbon (Vic)

Hitachi suburban electric multiple units, also known as "tea cup"

Snapper (Qld)

Roaming employee who checks tickets on trains or at stations (see also Conductor)

SparkШаблон:Where

A suburban electric train

Spragger (SAR)

Employee who applies brakes on rolling stock in yard work

Staff

System of safe-working used on single track to allow the movement of trains; in its simplest form each block section had a small bar or staff which must be carried by any train moving over the section. This, however, requires trains to run alternately in opposite directions. With the electric staff system, there are several staffs to each block, and these are placed in cases at either

end. The cases are electrically connected, each one controlled by the signalman at the other end. Шаблон:Rp

Steel set (Qld)

QR suburban electric passenger sets from the 1960s, replacing the Evans sets (see Red rattler (Qld))

Stick (SAR and others)

Signal

Sweat set (NSW)

Sydney Trains S set ("Waratah"), so named because of their lack of air conditioning.

Silver stripes/silver ribbons

Livery that V/Line used in its formative years; original from VicRail

Swinger (SAR)

Freight vehicle fitted with bogies suitable for higher-speed passenger operation, such as an RBP class Reefer/cool car

T

Tangara (NSW)

Officially used name for Sydney Trains T set, a class of electric suburban train in Sydney

Tin hare (NSW, SAR)

NSW CPH class rail motor; SAR model 55 Brill railcar

TwixШаблон:Where

Two trains on the same mainline

Teacup (Vic)

Livery used by VicRail, also known as "silver ribbon"

Tommy Dodd (SAR)

Dwarf signal

U

Uniform gauge (Qld)

Шаблон:Track gauge gauge, known elsewhere (and in Queensland) as standard gauge

V

Van (SAR)

Guard's van (brakevan) or enclosed four-wheeled rail vehicle (e.g. DA, DWF class) (see Boxcar)

W

White set (Qld)

A Queensland Railways long-distance train with livery from the 1950s

Waratah (NSW)

Sydney Trains A and B set electric multiple unit that operated in Sydney

X

Xtrap (Vic)

X'Trapolis 100 electric multiple unit that operates in Melbourne

Y

Yard goat (SAR)

Yard shunt locomotive

See also

• Glossary of rail transport terms
• Glossary of New Zealand railway terms
• Glossary of North American railway terms
• Glossary of United Kingdom railway terms
• Passenger rail terminology