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[Contents]
R door 
<rack adhesion components> 
rack driving wheel 
rack locomotive 
rack rail 
rack railway 
rack (adhesion device) 
radial axle 
<radio communication> 
<radio control equipment> 
<radio electronic token block equipment>

radius rod 
rail 
rail anchor 
rail and fishplate profile 
rail and fishplate profile set 
rail and material mover 
rail and river ticket 
rail and road ticket 
rail and sea ticket 
rail baseplate 
rail bearing plate profile 
rail bolt hole gauge 
rail bus
USE railbus

rail camber gauge 
rail car
USE railcar

rail card 
rail chair 
rail chair casting
USE rail chair

rail chair pattern 
rail changer (vehicle) 
rail circuit
USE track circuit

rail clamp 
rail cleaner (vehicle) 
rail clip gauge 
rail clip (surveying instrument)
USE littleboy

rail clip (track fastening) 
rail curve gauge 
rail drill 
<rail fastenings> 
rail gauge 
rail grinder (vehicle) 
rail grinding train 
rail heel block profile 
rail holing gauge 
rail ice scraper 
rail joint 
rail joint component 
rail joint insulator 
rail key 
rail key gauge 
rail key profile 
rail level transfer gauge 
rail pad 
rail plate 
rail points clamp 
rail profile 
rail profile gauge 
rail profile matrix 
rail profile set 
rail profiler (vehicle) 
rail resistance meter 
rail saw 
rail scale 
rail seat 
rail section 
rail section tracing machine 
rail spike 
<rail support fastenings> 
<rail supports> 
rail tensor 
rail ticket
USE railway ticket

rail transportation trolley 
rail vehicle component
USE vehicle component

rail wagon 
rail weighing machine 
railbus 
railcar 
railcar component 
railcar power unit 
railcar power unit articulated with carriage

railcar power unit built into carriage 
railcard
USE rail card

railimeter 
railmotor 
<rails by condition> 
<rails by form> 
<rails by function> 
<rails by installation> 
<rails by material> 
<rails by treatment> 
railwagon
USE rail wagon

railway 
railway carriage 
Railway Clearing House 
railway crossing
USE flat crossing

railway curve 
railway depot 
<railway manufacturing and maintenance equipment>

<railway medical equipment> 
<railway operating tools and equipment>

railway telephone 
railway telephone box 
railway telephone component 
railway ticket 
RAILWAY TYPES 
railway wagon 
railway wheel lathe
USE wheel turning lathe

railway yard 
<railway yard and shed equipment> 
railwaymans bag 
<railways by form> 
<railways by function> 
<railways by gauge> 
<railways by legal status> 
<railways by location> 
<railways by means of propulsion> 
<railways by ownership/funding> 
<railways by places served> 
<railways by power source> 
<railways by principal traffic> 
<railways by scale> 
<railways supporting other transport systems>

rail-built buffer stop 
Ramsbottom displacement lubricator 
Ramsbottom safety valve 
range multiplier 
range railway 
rattle
USE safety rattle 
ready to start indicator
USE train ready to start indicator

ready to start plunger
USE train ready to start plunger

real time clock 
rear cylinder cover 
rectifier 
refreshment trolley 
refrigerated meat van 
refrigerated van 
refrigeration component 
refuge 
refuge line
USE refuge siding

refuge siding 
refuse disposal van 
regenerative brake 
register 
register of wagons 
registration arm 
registration plate 
regulator 
regulator casing 
regulator component 
regulator extension handle 
regulator handle 
regulator operating rod 
regulator valve 
relay 
release hook 
relief line 
relief train 
reminder appliance 
remote brake release control 
remotely controlled manned level crossing

repair book 
repair shop 
repeater 
repeater signal
USE repeating signal

repeating signal 
rerailing equipment vehicle 
rerailing ramp 
reservation label 
<reservation markers> 
reservation plate 
reservation ticket 
reservoir railway 
reservoir (brake)
USE brake reservoir

resetting cylinder 
resetting rope 
restarting injector 
retarder 
return crank 
return ticket 
reverse link 
reverser 
reverser switch 
reversible unit 
reversing arm 
reversing component 
<reversing controls> 
reversing gear 
reversing lever 
reversing lever latch 
reversing stand 
rheostatic brake 
ribbon printed ticket 
ridemeter 
right away indicator 
right away plunger 
rigid wheelbase vehicle 
ringing key 
road building railway 
road rail adapter truck 
road roller wagon 
road user operated level crossing 
road van 
road vehicle 
<road vehicle carrying stock> 
road (track)
USE line (track)

road/rail lorry 
road-rail milk tank wagon 
rocking grate 
rocking lever 
<rod transmission> 
roll 
roller bearing axlebox 
rolling stock 
<rolling stock by access/discharge arrangements>

<rolling stock by braking arrangements>

<rolling stock by climate control> 
<rolling stock by condition> 
<rolling stock by design feature> 
<rolling stock by facilities> 
<rolling stock by form> 
<rolling stock by generic name> 
<rolling stock by load or function> 
<rolling stock by load support and protection>

<rolling stock by ownership> 
<rolling stock by place used> 
<rolling stock by propulsion> 
<rolling stock by route/operating pattern>

<rolling stock by traffic rating> 
<rolling stock by wheel arrangement>

<rolling stock testing equipment and records>

roof component 
roof dome 
roof door vehicle 
roof lamp gas
USE gas roof lamp

roof panel 
roof stick 
roof vent
USE roof ventilator

roof ventilator 
roofed container 
<rooms and spaces by building type>

<rooms and spaces> 
rope haulage railway 
<rope worked stock components> 
rope worked train 
rope (load securing) 
rope/chain hauled stock 
Ross safety valve 
rotary pneumatic accelerator 
round top rail 
round train circuit 
round train circuit cut-out 
roundhouse 
<route by inclination, etc.> 
<route by status> 
<route complexes> 
route indicating signal 
route indicator 
route information plate 
route learning train 
<route maintenance structures> 
route setting panel 
route stencil 
<route structure components> 
<route structures> 
royal carriage 
royal train 
rule 55 exempt indicator plate 
rule book 
<rules and operating instructions>

run 
runner (vehicle door)
USE vehicle door runner

runner (vehicle) 
running board
USE running plate

running gear 
<running gear subassemblies> 
running line 
<running lines by control> 
<running lines by direction of working>

<running lines by speed of working>

<running lines by type of train> 
running number plate
USE number plate

running plate 
running rail 
<running record plates, etc.> 
running signal 
runs-as-required train 
run-round 
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