| 单词 | staff system |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff system staff system n. Railways (now chiefly historical) a system used as a means of preventing collisions on single-track railway lines by which a rod or baton is given to the train driver as authority to travel over particular section of track, the existence of a single staff for that section ensuring that there can only be a train travelling in one direction at any given time; cf. sense 7m. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > system for use of single track staff and ticket1887 staff system1887 1853 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 5 Mar. The ‘red staff’ system is now adopted between Bicester and Winslow, and must certainly be a great security against collisions.] 1871 Engineering 29 Dec. 420/2 The line is worked on the ‘staff’ system, assisted by telegraph. 1966 K. Möller Amer. & Brit. Railway Eng. 39 The..staff system is still in use in Britain; every engine running over a certain section of a line must carry the corresponding token or staff. 2009 J. T. Gaertner Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway ix. 178 The new main line went into service on July 26, 1910... This brought an end to the staff system between Negaunee and Eagle Mills. < as lemmas |
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