- railway, safety
- sécurité f ferroviaire
English-French legislative terms. 2015.
English-French legislative terms. 2015.
Roald Dahl's Guide to Railway Safety — was published in 1991 by the British Railways Board. The British Railways Board had asked Roald Dahl to write the text of the book, and Quentin Blake to illustrate it, to help young people enjoy using the railways safely.The book is structured as … Wikipedia
Railway signalling — Not to be confused with Railway signal. A gantry of British semaphore signals seen from the cab of a steam locomotive Railway signalling is a system used to control railway traffic safely, essentially to prevent trains from colliding. Being… … Wikipedia
Railway air brake — Piping diagram from 1920 of a Westinghouse E T Air Brake system on a locomotive … Wikipedia
Railway switching networks — General PurposeRailway centralization is designed for controlling all the switches and signals within a railway station or its area. Control of the system is exercised from a single point. Rail circuits work as sensors (monitoring the traffic on… … Wikipedia
Railway electrification system — Railway electrification supplies electrical energy to railway locomotives and multiple units so they can operate without having a reciprocating engine of their own.CharacteristicsThe main advantage of electric traction is a higher power to weight … Wikipedia
Safety engineering — is an applied science strongly related to systems engineering and the subset System Safety Engineering. Safety engineering assures that a life critical system behaves as needed even when pieces fail.In the real world the term safety engineering… … Wikipedia
Railway accidents in Victoria — There have been a number of train accidents on the railway network of Victoria, Australia. Some of these are listed below: 4 May 2010: A Metro train collided with an Apex quarry freighter (operated by Pacific National) stopped at a signal south… … Wikipedia
Railway platform — A railway platform is a section of pathway, alongside rail tracks at a train station, metro station or tram stop, at which passengers may board or alight from trains or trams. Almost all stations for rail transport have some form of platforms,… … Wikipedia
Safety instrumented system — A Safety Instrumented System (SIS) is a form of process control usually implemented in industrial processes, such as those of a factory or an oil refinery. The SIS performs specified functions to achieve or maintain a safe state of the process… … Wikipedia
Railway stations in the Netherlands — Railways in the Netherlands There are 392 railway stations in the Netherlands, including 5 railway stations which are only served during events, 1 which exists only to facilitate pilgrimage to a nearby site and 1 which exists only to facilitate… … Wikipedia
Safety valve — A safety valve is a valve mechanism for the automatic release of a gas from a boiler, pressure vessel, or other system when the pressure or temperature exceeds preset limits. It is part of a bigger set named pressure safety valves (PSV) or… … Wikipedia