stopblock
Substantiv
An obstruction placed at the end of a railway track to prevent rail vehicles from going any further.
Gebrauch- US-amerikanischer Gebrauch
- especially
- Verwandte Wörter
- Beispiele
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Weitere Beispiele (1)
[...] we were losing speed for the descent into King's Cross Platform 8, where a large crowd had gathered. For the last time, an HST braked gently and smoothly to a stand at the stopblock, and it was all over.
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