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axle counters

axle counters is the plural of axle counter.

Meaning of axle counter

Noun

axle counter (plural axle counters)

  1. A safety device fitted to railway track which counts the axles in a train as it passes over it. A check is carried out when the train passes the next axle counter to make sure the train is still complete.
    • Twenty-seven axle counters have been installed on the 49-mile East Suffolk Line, to improve level crossing safety and reduce waiting times at user-worked crossings. The Lowestoft-Ipswich line has 28 user-worked crossing/footpath level crossings where the signaller must give permission for people to...2020 June 17, “Network News: Signalling upgrade in East Suffolk”, in Rail, page 21

Questions about axle counters

What is axle counters the plural of?
Axle counters is the plural of axle counter.

Words near axle counters in the dictionary

  1. Axl
  2. axle
  3. axle box
  4. axle boxes
  5. axle counter
  6. axle counters
  7. axle guard
  8. axle guards
  9. axle hitch
  10. axle hitches
  11. axle load

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