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trackwork

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Fromtrack +‎work.

Noun

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trackwork (uncountable)

  1. (rail transport) Construction or maintenance of railroadtracks
    The train is going to be delayed by ten minutes due totrackwork.
    • 2020 April 8, Paul Stephen, “ECML dive-under drives divergence”, inRail, pages44–45:
      A small number of weekday and weekend possessions will also be required on June 20-21, September 5-6, and between December 19-March 2021, but will coincide with when there will already be a limited (or no) service into London King's Cross in conjunction with the extensivetrackwork taking place at the terminus.
  2. (rail transport) The tracks and associated equipment of a railway line.
    • 1963 October, G. Freeman Allen, R. K. Evans, “The Japanese National Railways and the New Tokaido Line”, inModern Railways, page240:
      The advantages of this policy were twofold - the operation of m.u. trains only, with their lighter axle load, would allow thetrackwork and underbridges to be simpler and lighter in construction; and speeds up to 150 m.p.h. could more easily be achieved than with conventional locomotive-hauled trains.
    • 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, inRailway World, page412:
      At present the principal exercise in resignalling and newtrackwork involves the Pickering area.
  3. (horse racing) Practice in racing around atrack
    • 2009 January 30, Tim Habel, “Short journey to suit Hussler”, inHerald Sun[1]:
      McDonald described Weekend Hussler'strackwork this preparation as "frightening".

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