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A train is something which trails behind, the Snowdon engine is always at the bottom, so is it a train going up?
A train comes down Snowdon, but does a train go up Snowdon?
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You are def on the right track there!
Is that true? A quick Google of definitions would say it isn't.
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Woof!
with rack and pinion the loco will be probably always be at the bottom end as its the 100% gtee to stop the train as it doesnt rely on friction brakes and coupling not failing to stop alone in case off emergency
in the uk on standard gauge when you have what would be traditionally classified as "loco hauled " most of the time will be perminant or semi perminant coupled with engine one end and a driving trailer the other so push or pull dependant on direction
other times like an hst/intercity 125 is push and pull with through control
other times it can be loco both ends with trailing engine isolated and just part off the train then when changing direction the front engine is isolated and the one the other end now the leading powering engine
other times the engine runs round
in the uk on standard gauge when you have what would be traditionally classified as "loco hauled " most of the time will be perminant or semi perminant coupled with engine one end and a driving trailer the other so push or pull dependant on direction
other times like an hst/intercity 125 is push and pull with through control
other times it can be loco both ends with trailing engine isolated and just part off the train then when changing direction the front engine is isolated and the one the other end now the leading powering engine
other times the engine runs round
The derivation of the word does not mean that.
A locomotive engine, unlike a static engine, is one that provides power to move itself
Many pull, some push.
The dictionary you are looking at reflects common usage, where people (used to) mostly see engines at the front.
Trains go "up" to the important place.
In England, "up" trains are going towards London, and "down" trains are going away from London.
It's not based on height or compass direction.
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The autocoach did allow the engine to be at the back, with multi-carriages all powered we called then trams, why we changed to calling them trains I don't know? In early steam trams, the tractive unit was not part of the carriage.
I have never really worked out why some multi-units are trains and others are trams?
In the main, steam trains need to run around, so the engine is at the front, I know dispensation was given to Coris, but now even that short railway they run around, using a sliding rail bed. The rack railway is the odd one out, as @big-all says, want the rack engagement at the bottom.
Wikipedia Railcar is interesting, "The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach" but Wikipedia Train "A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw")" which lines up with "A wedding train is the extra fabric that extends from the back of a wedding dress and trails behind the bride as she walks down the aisle."
One would not put the cart before the horse, and original trains were horse-drawn. Although in some cases only in one direction, the horse was put in a wagon for the trip down to the port.
Common with slate mines.
In the main, steam trains need to run around, so the engine is at the front, I know dispensation was given to Coris, but now even that short railway they run around, using a sliding rail bed. The rack railway is the odd one out, as @big-all says, want the rack engagement at the bottom.
Wikipedia Railcar is interesting, "The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coach" but Wikipedia Train "A train (from Old French trahiner, from Latin trahere, "to pull, to draw")" which lines up with "A wedding train is the extra fabric that extends from the back of a wedding dress and trails behind the bride as she walks down the aisle."
One would not put the cart before the horse, and original trains were horse-drawn. Although in some cases only in one direction, the horse was put in a wagon for the trip down to the port.
There was the Irish youth who got a place at Cambridge Uni. His mother told the neighbours he'd gone up to Jesus, and they were 3 days into the wake before she put them right.
And there was me thinking the only thing that bothered you was a fried breakfast that you deemed to only be a tenth as good as what you would make.
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Wrong person, not eric.
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We are talking about the English language. And words do change meaning, decimate no longer means to kill one in ten.
However, it can get confusing, a fireman to me is someone who lights a fire, and keeps it going in a railway engine, with a ship called a stocker, but some think they put fires out!
As to a fire engine, seems should call it an appliance?
As to asking wife, "You don't want another cup of coffee?" and when she answers "yes" not to make her one, then point out she studied English, one has to duck quickly. She has got wise to that one now.
But it seems even the full stop is not understood, we had it, where in an electrical regulation it said "The bi-colour combination green-and-yellow shall be used exclusively for identification of a protective conductor and this combination shall not be used for any, other purpose." then "Single-core cables that are coloured green-and-yellow throughout their length shall only be used as a protective conductor and shall not be over-marked at their terminations, except as permitted by Regulation 514.4.3." it seems some read this as meaning if not a single core cable, they could over-mark the wire.
This is why BS7671 has not been published in Welsh, hard enough to remove ambiguity in English, never mind Welsh as well, which means it can't be referred to with any Welsh law, or the law would be invalid, unless there is case law to show otherwise. Could argue until the cows come home, as to if Part P is valid in Wales, good job it is sheep farming around here!
However, it can get confusing, a fireman to me is someone who lights a fire, and keeps it going in a railway engine, with a ship called a stocker, but some think they put fires out!
As to a fire engine, seems should call it an appliance?
As to asking wife, "You don't want another cup of coffee?" and when she answers "yes" not to make her one, then point out she studied English, one has to duck quickly. She has got wise to that one now.
But it seems even the full stop is not understood, we had it, where in an electrical regulation it said "The bi-colour combination green-and-yellow shall be used exclusively for identification of a protective conductor and this combination shall not be used for any, other purpose." then "Single-core cables that are coloured green-and-yellow throughout their length shall only be used as a protective conductor and shall not be over-marked at their terminations, except as permitted by Regulation 514.4.3." it seems some read this as meaning if not a single core cable, they could over-mark the wire.
This is why BS7671 has not been published in Welsh, hard enough to remove ambiguity in English, never mind Welsh as well, which means it can't be referred to with any Welsh law, or the law would be invalid, unless there is case law to show otherwise. Could argue until the cows come home, as to if Part P is valid in Wales, good job it is sheep farming around here!
