Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of sleeper
- in compoundsnot comparableusuallyRelating to railway sleepers.
Nor, having married coach and bogie design successfully, does it follow that good riding will ensue, whatever the track carrying it—as the performance of B.R. standard coaches on flat-bottom, concrete-sleepered track bears witness.
1960 December, “Talking of Trains: The riding of B.R. coaches”, in Trains Illustrated, page 7051 more example
The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track.
1954 September, George Behrend, “The Nyon-St. Cergue-Morez Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 605
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