empty stock working

noun

A train of empty passenger rolling stock that is moved from one location to another where, for example, it is needed to form a revenue-earning service.

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Meanings

nounempty stock working (plural empty stock workings)

plural empty stock workings

  1. rail transportA train of empty passenger rolling stock that is moved from one location to another where, for example, it is needed to form a revenue-earning service.

    Proposed for wiring: the Shrewsbury route. Unit 221116 passes through Codsall on an empty stock working on 24 October 2018.

    2019 October, photo caption, “Midlands Connect's £3.5bn plan”, in Modern Railways, page 16
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