Underground Railroad
Underground Railway | secret aid to escaping slaves that was provided by abolitionists in the years before the American Civil War |
| loading | the labor of putting a load of something on or in a vehicle or ship or container etc., the loading took hours |
beach wagon
station wagon
wagon estate car
beach waggon
station waggon
waggon | a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat |
cable railway
funicular
funicular railway | a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
car railcar
railway car
railroad car | a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad, three cars had jumped the rails |
cargo
lading
freight
load loading
payload
shipment
consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| chuck wagon | a wagon equipped with a cookstove and provisions (for cowboys) |
cog railway
rack railway | railway for steep mountains, a cogwheel on the locomotive engages cogs on a center rail to provide traction |
covered wagon
Conestoga wagon
Conestoga
prairie wagon
prairie schooner | a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top, used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the th century |
| dock loading dock | a platform where trucks or trains can be loaded or unloaded |
elevated railway
elevated railroad
elevated
el
overhead railway | a railway that is powered by electricity and that runs on a track that is raised above the street level |
| funny wagon | an ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital |
ice wagon
ice-wagon | (formerly) a horse-drawn wagon that delivered ice door to door |
line railway line
rail line | the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed |
load
loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
locomotive
engine locomotive engine
railway locomotive | a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks |
milk wagon
milkwagon | wagon for delivering milk |
police van
police wagon
paddy wagon
patrol wagon
wagon black Maria | van used by police to transport prisoners |
railroad track
railroad railway | a line of track providing a runway for wheels, he walked along the railroad track |
railway
railroad
railroad line
railway line railway system | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight |
| railway junction | a junction where two or more railway lines meet or cross |
railway station
railroad station
railroad terminal
train station
train depot | terminal where trains load or unload passengers or goods |
| scenic railway | small railway in an amusement park |
sleeping car
sleeper
wagon-lit | a passenger car that has berths for sleeping |
tea cart
teacart
tea trolley
tea wagon | serving cart for serving tea or light refreshments |
wagon
waggon | any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor |
| wagon coaster wagon | a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting |
| wagon tire | a metal hoop forming the tread of a wheel |
| wagon wheel | a wheel of a wagon |
water wagon
water waggon | a wagon that carries water (as for troops or work gangs or to sprinkle down dusty dirt roads in the summertime) |
| welcome wagon | a wheeled vehicle carrying information and gifts from local merchants for new residents in an area |
yard railway yard
railyard | an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines |
carbohydrate loading
carbo loading | a diet of foods high in starch that increases carbohydrate reserves in muscles, carbo loading is used by endurance athletes just before competing |
caravan
train
wagon train | a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file, we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels, they joined the wagon train for safety |
loading zone
loading area | a stop where carriers can be loaded and unloaded |
Big Dipper
Dipper Plough
Charles's Wain
Wain
Wagon | a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major |
trainman
railroader
railroad man
railwayman
railway man | an employee of a railroad |
load
loading | a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time, the system broke down under excessive loads |
| loading | the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift |
| power loading | the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its engine power |
| span loading | the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan |
| wing loading | the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wing area |
autoloading(a)
self-loading
semiautomatic | (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously, an autoloading rifle |
| breech-loading | (of guns) designed to be loaded at the breech |
| muzzle-loading | (of firearms) taking the projectile or cartridge through the muzzle |