What's the difference between railcar and switchman?

Railcar


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  • (1) The first step was a qualitative laboratory evaluation performed in a railcar to compare different types of ventilation systems (blowing, exhaust, and push-pull systems) using a methane (CH4) tracer gas technique.
  • (2) Among those presented in English are Robert’s tour by railcar through the Prokopské valley to visit an important squat, and Ondra’s tour of some of the city’s most interesting buskers – including the fastest Czech guitarist.
  • (3) "There is a lot more [intellectual property] riding on the rails than on your iPhone or your Galaxy, but you don't think about the innovation in the railcars, or the controllers that run the switches that make the tracks move," Martin said.
  • (4) This evaluation included both forms of transportation: railcars and trailer trucks.
  • (5) The St Ives diesel railcar takes only 17 minutes to cover the line's four miles.
  • (6) Thus she saved a pearl of a line for the nation – and helped St Ives thrive as a trendy resort, a point that is hard to appreciate in winter inside the deserted railcar that shuttles along the palm-fringed tracks between St Ives and St Erth on the mainline.

Switchman


Definition:

  • (n.) One who tends a switch on a railway.

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