quiet title n.— «If, in fact, the railroad company is willing to state in writing that it has abandoned the property, you may also be able to file what is known as a “quiet title” action, asking a judge to review the facts and...
filet v.— «Closing the deal also would enable CSX to accelerate bridge and rail-bed work to allow passage of double-stacked container-freight trains between Boston and the New York state line. That would mean significant savings for CSX...
rip track n.— «The Rip Track, is railroad slang, for Repair Track. It really isn’t just one track but a series of tracks, that are refered to in the singular, rather than the plural term, for a particular place at the railroad, designed...
oops paint n.— «I scour around places like Home Depot or Scotty’s,…and I buy their “oops” paint…you know, mixing accidents. I pick it up cheap, and when you need 750 gallons of paint, cheap is nice...
Los Anchorage n.— «That was in the early 1900s when Seward was the main supply port for miners in the Hope/Sunrise district of the Kenai and where a still-hoped-for Alaska railroad would start. Seward was a boom town, and Anchorage was...
dead man’s switch n. especially in railroad usage, a safety device meant to stop or slow a vehicle or machine if its operator releases the controls. Also dead man’s handle, dead man’s brake, dead man’s lever, dead man’s pedal. (source: Double...