Headcode
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Headcode is a noun meaning (rail transport, UK) A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.
Meaning
(rail transport, UK) A code used to distinguish classes of train for the benefit of signalmen, formerly by using white oil lamps (or white discs) placed on brackets on the front of the locomotive. The various lamp positions defined the class of train.
Example Sentences
Another appendix elucidates the S.E.C.R. headcode system.
Gaining a new headcode, it is then rebranded as the 2103 Carmarthen-Fishguard Harbour - a place I'd never visited by rail.
Word Forms
- headcodes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include headbox, hall, headload, headpeace, headstock, single-heading.
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