rerailing
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]rerailing
- present participle and gerund of rerail
- 1951 June, John L. Buckland, “The Semmering Line and its Traffic”, in Railway Magazine, page 414:
- Repair of the many tunnels and high masonry viaducts on the eastern side of Semmering, appears to have necessitated this single-line working, although complete rerailing with long welded rails and resleepering and reballasting are being undertaken.
- 2019 November 20, “Network News”, in RAIL, page 12:
- Rerailing and track maintenance work between London Liverpool Street and Hackney Downs.
Noun
[edit]rerailing (countable and uncountable, plural rerailings)
- The process of fitting new rails.