drevsveller

English translation: drive tie (UK drive sleeper).

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Danish term or phrase:drevsveller
English translation:drive tie (UK drive sleeper).
Entered by: TechLawDC

07:33 Jul 11, 2020
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Train construction
Danish term or phrase: drevsveller
Drevsveller: Betegnelse for sveller som er placeret omkring trækstænger samt som er
forlænget ud til siden, og hvorpå drev monteres.
Kan også være betegnelse for hul svelle hvori træk- og kontrolstænger er
placeret.
Henrik Hdez.-Villaescus Hirsch
Spain
Local time: 02:24
Drive tie (UK Drive sleeper).
Explanation:
A tie (aka crosstie) on which movable track components (points) are accommodated, along with driving means for such points, e.g. drive motors or a manually driven lever structure.
(Note: This is not one of my areas of high expertise -- my Answer is mostly guesswork based on reading of representative texts in English.)
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TechLawDC
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Drive tie (UK Drive sleeper).


Explanation:
A tie (aka crosstie) on which movable track components (points) are accommodated, along with driving means for such points, e.g. drive motors or a manually driven lever structure.
(Note: This is not one of my areas of high expertise -- my Answer is mostly guesswork based on reading of representative texts in English.)


TechLawDC
United States
Local time: 21:24
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you!
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Asker: I understand the concept, but don¡t know the specific term in English. If you have found this term in railroad texts, I guess it will be the right one, thank you.

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