Railbus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Railbus is a noun meaning (rail transport) A lightweight passenger railway vehicle, similar in appearance to a bus.
Meaning
(rail transport) A lightweight passenger railway vehicle, similar in appearance to a bus.
Example Sentences
They were ruled out as over-engineered and too expensive for mass production, and lost out to Class 141 and '142' railbuses, and then Class 150s.
Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.
Word Forms
- railbuses
- railbusses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include buss, autobus, truck, coach, railbike, battlebus.
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