Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms

Abbreviations and Glossary of Terms

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CR Psg Home Page Narrow Gauge Standard Gauge Classification Type Named carriages Brake vans Construction Train Railcars Contracts Rollingstock Classification Consists and Refurbishments

AN Psg Home Page Broad Gauge Narrow Gauge Standard Gauge Classification Type Named carriages Brake vans, Perway and Non-revenue Overland cariages Diesel railcars Contracts Consists and Refurbishments

SAR Psg Home Page Named V&SAR cars V&SAR Joint Stock SAR&CR Joint Stock Pullman cars Steel Bodied cars Wooden cars "D" type cars Narrow Gauge cars Trailer cars Diesel Railcars Allocation Numbers VR "E" cars Private named cars

GSR Psg Home Page Road Number Classification Type Named carriages

Freight Home Page Narrow Gauge Standard Gauge Classification Type Rollingstock Classification Ungrouped

CR Loco Home Page Narrow Steam Narrow Diesel Standard Steam Standard Diesel Classification Steam Classification Diesel Named Locos Railcars Miscellaneous Vehicles Loco Classification

SAR Loco Home Page Narrow Steam Broad Steam Diesel Classification Steam Classification Diesel Named Locos Railcars

ARTC Info Home Page Road Number Classification Type

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Master Index Page Vehicles by Classification Vehicle Numeric List

Glossary Home Page Glossay A Glossay B Glossay C Glossay D Glossay G Glossay I Glossay K Glossay L Glossay M Glossay N Glossay O Glossay P Glossay Q Glossay R Glossay S Glossay T Glossay V Glossay W

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MainTrax N.T.: MainTrax N.T. are the firm who operate the Old Ghan from MacDonnell Siding to Ewainga under contract from The Ghan Preservation Society.
Match Wagon: A vehicle equipped with different types of couplers at each end and placed between vechicles where the couplers are of different types. The most common use of this type of vehicle was with mobile crane wagons.
Motor car: A passenger vehicle in a multiple unit train which is provided with traction power equipment.
Mile End Railway Museum: The Mile End Railway Museum was founded in 1963 and moved to Port Adelaide in 1988 to become the Port Dock Station Railway Museum.
Murraylander: See Australian Loco & Railway Carriage Company.

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