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Question 1: ________
(including US/UK and other
regional/national differences)
TrainRail transportSteam locomotiveGlossary of rail terminology

Question 2: Rail tracks (also railway tracks, railroad tracks (US)) are the surface structures that support and guide ________ or other rail-guided transportation vehicles.
Passenger car (rail)Rail transportTrain stationTrain

Question 3: Another alternative is the ________, which can reduce the number of track circuits and thus the number of insulated rail joints required.
Punktförmige ZugbeeinflussungAutomatic Train ProtectionRailway signallingAxle counter

Question 4: Some stretches of track are ________, with three (or sometimes four) parallel rails in place of the usual two, to allow trains of two different gauges to share the same track.
Rail gaugeNarrow gauge railwayBreak-of-gaugeDual gauge

Question 5: Flash butt welding is the preferred process which involves an automated track-laying machine running a strong ________ through the touching ends of two unjoined pieces of rail.
Magnetic fieldElectric chargeElectric currentMaxwell's equations

Question 6: Railway tracks are generally laid on a bed of stone ________ or track bed, in turn is supported by prepared earthworks known as the track formation.
Railroad tieRail profileTrack ballastDatenail

Question 7: The ________ is customarily crushed stone, and the purpose of this is to support the ties and allow some adjustment of their position, while allowing free drainage.
DatenailTrack ballastRail profileRailroad tie

Question 8: ________ utilize nondestructive testing methods to detect internal flaws in the rails.
Electromagnetic acoustic transducerRail inspectionMagnetic flux leakageRail tracks

Question 9: ________
2008 Chatsworth train collisionPositive train controlSpeed limits in the United States (rail)1987 Maryland train collision

Question 10: ________ steel in the profile (cross section) of an asymmetrical I-beam is usually used as the surface on which railway wheels run.
Rolling (metalworking)Heat treatmentMetalworkingMetalworking terminology
















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