feeder railway

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• Railway electrification system — Railway electrification supplies electrical energy to railway locomotives and multiple units so they can operate without having a reciprocating engine of their own.CharacteristicsThe main advantage of electric traction is a higher power to weight …   Wikipedia

• Feeder (disambiguation) — Feeder may refer to:*Feeder (band), the Welsh rock group *Feeder (fetish), someone who gains sexual pleasure from helping another gain weight *Feeder, a regional term for frontage road, or other small road eventually delivering traffic to a… …   Wikipedia

• feeder — [[t]fi͟ːdə(r)[/t]] feeders 1) ADJ: ADJ n A feeder road, railway, or river is a smaller one that leads to a more important one. ...the feeder road leading to the airport. 2) N COUNT: usu N n Feeder airline and railway services connect major routes …   English dictionary

• feeder — Synonyms and related words: Brillat Savarin, L, Lucullus, Roscius, actor, actress, affluent, antagonist, antihero, bad guy, barnstormer, bayou, billabong, bit, bit part, board and roomer, boarder, bon vivant, branch, cable railway, cannibal,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• railway — Synonyms and related words: L, branch, cable railway, cog railway, el, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, feeder, feeder line, gravity operated railway, horse railway, junction, light railroad, line, main line, metro,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• feeder — feed|er [ˈfi:də US ər] n 1.) a container with food for animals or birds ▪ a bird feeder 2.) something that provides supplies for something else ▪ The Shyok River is a major feeder of the Indus River. ▪ The length of the feeder pipe is 50m. 3.) a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• feeder — UK [ˈfiːdə(r)] / US [ˈfɪdər] noun [countable] Word forms feeder : singular feeder plural feeders 1) a container that you fill with food so that birds or animals can eat from it 2) the part of a machine through which you put things into the… …   English dictionary

• feeder — noun (C) 1 a slow/fussy etc feeder a baby that eats its food in a slow, fussy etc way 2 a small road or railway line that takes traffic onto a main road or railway line 3 a container with food for animals or birds 4 old fashioned a piece of cloth …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• feeder — /ˈfidə/ (say feeduh) noun 1. someone or something that supplies food or feeds something. 2. someone or something that takes food or nourishment. 3. a person or device that feeds a machine, printing press, etc. 4. a tributary stream, a secondary… …  

• feeder — n. 1 a person or thing that feeds. 2 a person who eats in a specified manner. 3 a child s feeding bottle. 4 Brit. a bib for an infant. 5 a tributary stream. 6 a branch road, railway line, etc., linking outlying districts with a main communication …   Useful english dictionary

• Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway — The Nelson and Fort Sheppard Railway(N FS) is a historic Canadian railway that operated in the southern interior of British Columbia. The N FS connected the city of Nelson with the International Boundary at Waneta, near Trail. The line was… …   Wikipedia