| K |
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| Kabel |
cable |
| Kabelrolle |
cable reel |
| Kardanwelle |
cardan shaft |
| Kastentender |
box-style tender |
| Kehrschleife |
reverse curve |
| Kessel |
boiler |
| Kesselsicherheitsventile / Sicherheitsventile |
(boiler) safety valve |
| Kesselwagen |
tank wagon |
| Klappdeckelwagen |
lidded wagon |
| Klotzbremse |
shoe brake |
| Klemme |
connector |
| Kohlenkasten |
coal space in the tender |
| Kohlenstaubfeuerung |
pulverised (coal) fuel firing |
| Kohlewagen |
coal wagon |
| Kolben |
piston |
| Kolbenschieber |
piston valve |
| Kolbenstange |
piston rod |
| Kollektor |
commutator |
| Kombiverkehr, Wagen für den ... |
intermodal wagon; intermodal car |
| Kontaktblech |
contact plate |
| Kopfbahnhof |
terminus |
| Kran |
crane |
| Kreuzkopf |
cross head |
| Kreuzung |
plain track crossing; diamond (crossing) |
| Kriegslok |
war or austerity locomotive |
| Kühlwagen |
refrigerated wagon; refrigerator wagon; reefer |
| Kulisse |
motion link |
| Kunstbauten |
construction(al) works |
| Kuppelachse |
coupled axle |
| Kuppelstange |
coupling rod |
| Kupplung |
coupler; coupling |
| Kupplungsdeichsel |
coupling shaft |
| Kupplungslehre |
coupler gauge |
| Kupplungspiel |
slack (in the couplings) |
| Kupplungsschaft |
coupler pocket |
| Kurbelachse |
crank axle |
| Kurbelstange |
connecting rod (i.e. connecting the driving wheels together) |
| Kurve |
curve |
| kurvenreiche Strecke |
winding line/route |
| Kurzkupplung |
close coupler |
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| L |
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| Lackierung |
paint work; varnish |
| Lademaß |
loading gauge |
| Lademaß-Überschreitung |
out-of-gauge load |
| ladenneu |
factory new |
| Lampenkontakt |
light contact |
| Längenraster |
basic unit of length |
| Länge über Puffer |
length of vehicle including buffers; length over buffers |
| Langsamfahrverhalten |
slow jerk-free travel |
| Längsseite |
long side |
| Lasche |
fishplate |
| Laufachse |
leading axle; traiing axle; non-driven axle; carrying axle |
| Läutwerk |
bell |
| Leerfahrt |
light running |
| Leerlok |
locomotive running light (i.e. no train) |
| Leiterbahn |
circuit |
| Lichtleitstäbesatz |
light transmission set |
| Lichtraumprofil für Stromschienen |
conductor rail gauge |
| Lichtraumprofil |
clearance diagram, loading gauge |
| Lichtwechsel |
light change |
| Lichtsignal |
light signal |
| Linienzugbeeinflussung |
continuous automatic train-running control |
| Litze |
stranded wire |
| Lok |
loco |
| Lokalbahn |
branchline; secondary line |
| Lokalbahnlok(omotive) |
branchline locomotives / light railway engine |
| Lokführer |
(engine) driver; engineer |
| Lokgehäuse |
locomotive shell |
| Lok mit starrem Rahmen |
rigid-frame loco |
| Lokomotive |
locomotive; engine |
| Lokomotivwartegleis |
engine track |
| Lokschuppen |
engine shed, locomotive shed; enginehouse |
| löten |
solder |
| Luftbehälter |
air reservoir |
| Lüfter |
exhaustor; ventilator |
| Luftpumpe |
air pump |
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