railbus
railbus noun: a lightweight passenger railway vehicle, similar in appearance to a bus.
Noun
railbus (plural railbuses or railbusses)
- A lightweight passenger railway vehicle, similar in appearance to a bus.
- Constructional features of the railbus include the use of rubber suspension for axlebox/underframe and underframe/body mountings, the use of B.U.T. power transmission equipment, many components of which are interchangeable with those on British Railways standard railcars, power-operated sliding...1958 April, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
- They were ruled out as over-engineered and too expensive for mass production, and lost out to Class 141 and '142' railbuses, and then Class 150s.2023 April 5, “£35,000 needed to save a Class 317 and create rebuilt '210' DMU”, in RAIL, number 980, page 8
Forms of railbus
| plural | railbuses |
|---|---|
| plural | railbusses |
Origin of railbus
From rail + bus.
Questions about railbus
- What does railbus mean?
- Railbus means a lightweight passenger railway vehicle, similar in appearance to a bus.
- What part of speech is railbus?
- Railbus is a noun.
- What is the plural of railbus?
- The plural of railbus is railbuses.
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