Meanings
- not comparableElectrically (or mechanically) operated.
The colour-light signals and power-operated points at Waterloo are controlled from one cabin which houses three lever frames with a total of 272 working miniature levers.
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 1381 more example
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 doors, and an absence of normal sidebuffers or drawgear.
1958 April 28, “Diesel Railbus for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 275
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